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COMMONWEALTH v. KNOX

172 Pa.Super. 510 (1953)

Commonwealth v. Knox, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 20, 1953.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Harry R. Back, with him Thomas D. McBride and Back & Levy, for appellant.

Malcolm Berkowitz, Assistant District Attorney, with him Samuel Dash, Assistant District Attorney, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney, Thomas M. Reed, Assistant District Attorney, and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, RENO, DITHRICH, ROSS and GUNTHER, JJ. (ARNOLD, J., absent).

OPINION BY RENO, J., January 20, 1953:

Appellant, a duly elected and officiating magistrate of the City of Philadelphia, was convicted on an indictment charging (1) violations of the Magistrates' Court Act of June 15, 1937, P.L. 1743, as amended, 42 P.S. § 1101, et seq.; (2) Malfeasance, misfeasance and nonfeasance; and (3) misconduct in office. He was sentenced to pay a fine of $500, undergo imprisonment for 3 months, and his office was declared forfeited and...

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