Commonwealth v. Fox

Citations

• 69 Pa. Super. 456
• 1918 Pa. Super. LEXIS 108

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Probation—Suspension of sentence — Act of June 19, 1911, P. L. 1055.</p> <p>Where a court, acting under the provisions of the Act of June 19,1911, P. L. 1055, suspends the imposing of a sentence in a criminal prosecution, and places the defendant on probation for a year, the probation is not a substitute for a sentence, and if the defendant violates the terms of the probation he may be arrested, and a prison sentence imposed upon him after the expiration of the year.</p> <p>In such a case it is not obligatory on the court in inquiring into the conduct of the defendant while on probation to proceed according to the forms of law observed at the trial, nor is the evidence to be received by the court limited to that which may ’come through the channel of a regular examination in court. It is the judgment of the court which is to be informed.</p>