Commonwealth v. Dunham

Citations

• 174 Pa. 436
• 34 A. 329
• 1896 Pa. LEXIS 903

Syllabus

<p>Supreme Court — Jurisdiction—Act of June 24,1895, sec. 7.</p> <p>Under the act of June 24, 1895, sec. 7, P. L. 215, relating to appeals to the Superior Court from the court of quarter sessions, an appeal from a conviction for unlawful hawking and peddling- lies to the Superior Court and not to the Supreme Court, although the case may involve the construction and application of the constitution of the state.</p> <p>In such a case the only way in which the Supreme Court can properly acquire jurisdiction of the constitutional question is by appeal from the judgment of the Superior Court under clause “Third ” of the act June 24, 1895.</p>