COMMONWEALTH v. PHILLIPS ET AL.


73 Pa. D. & C. 346 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Phillips et al.

Common Pleas Court of Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.

October 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Aaron S. Swartz, 3rd, for Commonwealth.

David E. Groshens and Hayden C. Covington, for appellant.


DANNEHOWER, J., October 20, 1950.

This is an appeal from a summary conviction in which defendants, who are members of a religious sect known as Jehovah's Witnesses, were found guilty of failing to register before beginning house-to-house missionary work and solicitation, as a borough ordinance required.

On August 1, 1949, the Borough of Lansdale adopted an ordinance designated no. 388, which provides for the registration and licensing of hawkers, peddlers...

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