Commonwealth v. Oliver

Citations

• 77 Pa. Super. 580
• 1921 Pa. Super. LEXIS 321

Syllabus

<p>Summary conviction — Justice of the peace — Appeals to quarter sessions — Judgment of court m appeal — Operating automobile at excessive speed.</p> <p>On an appeal from a summary conviction for violation of a city ordinance regulating the speed of motor cars, the defendant is entitled to the distinct and unequivocal judgment of the court below upon the facts, and the law applicable to those facts, and an order which merely dismissed the appeal and affirmed the judgment -of the magistrate, will he reversed, and the record remitted to the eourt below, in order that the case may be heard and judgment entered, as the law and the evidence require.</p>