Commonwealth v. Neill

Citations

• 16 Pa. Super. 210
• 1901 Pa. Super. LEXIS 46

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Oleomargarine—First offense — Sentence—Act of May 6, 1899, P. L. 241.</p> <p>To warrant the court in sentencing a defendant to jail under the act of May 5,1899, the record must affirmatively show that he has been convicted of a subsequent offense; which, in contemplation of the act, is one that has been adjudicated according to law subsequent to a former conviction of the same defendant of an offense of the same character committed prior to the offense charged in the second indictment.</p>