Commonwealth v. Patsone

Citations

• 231 Pa. 46
• 79 A. 928
• 1911 Pa. LEXIS 789

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Equal protection of laws — Due process of law— Fourteenth amendment of federal constitution — Ownership of shotgun or rifle — Unnaturalized foreign-born resident — Act of May 8, 1909, P. L. 466.</p> <p>1. The Act of May 8,1909, P. L. 466, entitled “An act to give additional protection to wild birds and animals and game, within the commonwealth of Pennsylvania; prohibiting the hunting for, or capture or killing of such wild birds or animals or game by unnaturalized foreign-born residents, forbidding the ownership or possession of shotgun or rifle by any unnaturalized foreign-born resident, within the commonwealth, and prescribing penalties for violation of its provisions,” does not violate the fourteenth amendment of the federal constitution, and is a proper and constitutional exercise of the police powers of the state.</p> <p>2. The Act of May 8, 1909, P. L. 466, is not in contravention of the existing treaty between the kingdom of Italy and the United States.</p>