COMMONWEALTH v. VAN LEER ET AL.

Nos. 33,334 and 33,335.

75 Pa. D. & C. 404 (1950)

Commonwealth v. Van Leer et al.

Municipal Court of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

March 31, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Abraham Berkowitz, for Commonwealth.

Milton Leidner, for defendants.


WINNET, J., March 31, 1950.

The right of a public officer to make an arrest for a misdemeanor without a warrant is challenged in these proceedings. The question is constantly being raised at hearings in the misdemeanants' division of the municipal court which frequently hear cases involving arrests resulting from raids on houses alleged to be disorderly or being maintained for prostitution or assignation.

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