COMMONWEALTH v. SIMS


177 Pa.Super. 527 (1955)

Commonwealth v. Sims, Appellant.

Superior Court of Pennsylvania.

January 14, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garfield W. Levy and Walter N. Kennedy, Jr., submitted a brief for appellant.

Victor Wright, Assistant District Attorney, with him Samuel Dash, Assistant District Attorney, Michael von Moschzisker, First Assistant District Attorney, and Richardson Dilworth, District Attorney, for appellee.

Before RHODES, P.J., HIRT, GUNTHER, WRIGHT, WOODSIDE and ERVIN, JJ. (ROSS, J., absent).


OPINION BY GUNTHER, J., January 14, 1955:

The defendant was indicted under the Liquor Code for unlawful possession of alcoholic liquor. Pursuant to § 494 of The Liquor Code, 47 PS § 4-494, which provides for a jail sentence for second offenders, the indictment included an averment of prior conviction of a similar offense. The defendant was tried by a judge without a jury, was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine and serve three months in prison. He has...

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