Commonwealth v. Sarver

Citations

• 44 Pa. Super. 441
• 1910 Pa. Super. LEXIS 192

Syllabus

<p>Criminal law — Sentence—Imprisonment—Allegheny county workhouse — Acts of May 1, 1861, P. L. 682, March 21, 1865, P. L. 517 and March 8, 1871, P. L. 184 — Judicial notice.</p> <p>1. Under the Acts of May 1, 1861, P. L. 682, March 21, 1865, P. L. 517, and March 8, 1871, P. L. 184, a person convicted of assault and battery before a justice of the peace and six jurors in Washington county may be sentenced to a term of imprisonment in the Allegheny county -workhouse.</p> <p>2. The fact that Washington county is a county having an agreement with the Allegheny county workhouse fon the care of its prisoners, is a fact of which the courts in Washington county will take judicial notice.</p>