163 Pa. Super. 386 - Commonwealth v. Bitzer’s Empirical Analysis

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6 state decisions

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1. “We think there was thus presented for the jury’s consideration a conflict of evidence on the question of whether defendant had brought himself within the statutory exception exempting “ * * * any independent contractor * * * hauling agricultural products or farm supplies exclusively for one or more owners or operators of farms.” The Commonwealth had the burden of establishing a violation of the Act and defendant’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, as in all criminal prosecutions. When the Commonwealth presented a prima facie case by showing the rendering of a service as a public utility without a certificate of public convenience, the defendant then had the duty of going forward with the proof and establishing to the satisfaction of the jury, by a fair preponderance of the evidence, that he came within the excusable exception.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. 441 Pa. Super. 584 - Commonwealth v. Rishel