Commonwealth v. Rink

Citations

• 71 Pa. Super. 579
• 1919 Pa. Super. LEXIS 155

Syllabus

<p>Constitutional law — Constitution of Pennsylvania — Title of act ' — Sufficiency—Act of March 11,1909, P. L. 19.</p> <p>Tbe Act of March 11, 1909, P. L. 19, entitled “An act relating to warehouse receipts” is constitutional. The penal provisions of the act are germane to the subject-matter, and the title of the act is sufficient notice of the provisions of the statute, and meet§ the constitutional requirements.</p> <p>Criminal law — Evidence as to similar offenses — Admissibility.</p> <p>While the doing of another criminal act, not part of the issue is, in general, not admissible as evidence of the commission of'the criminal act charged, yet proof of it may be offered to show guilty knowledge and purpose and to rebut the inference of mistake, and to connect other offenses with the one charged in the indictment, as part of the same transaction.</p>