Commonwealth v. Maloof

Citations

• 49 Pa. Super. 581
• 1912 Pa. Super. LEXIS 372

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Unnaturalized foreigners — Possession of firearms— Act of May 8,1909, P. L. 466.</p> <p>1. Under the Act of May 8,1909, P. L. 466, which makes it “Unlawful for any unnaturalized foreign-born resident within this Commonwealth to either own or be possessed of a shotgun or rifle of any make,” such a foreign-born resident may be convicted, although he is the keeper of a shooting gallery and the guns which he owned were used for target practice.</p> <p>2. The Act of May 8, 1909, P. L. 466, did not exclude from its provisions by direct words shooting galleries conducted under a license issued in pursuance of the provisions of the Act of May 25, 1907, P. L. 244, and the courts will accordingly assume that such places were not intended to be excluded.</p>