Commonwealth v. McCombs
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal from the decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county: No. 154 to October and November Term 1867. This appeal was by Levi B. Duff from the decree of the court taxing the costs on an indictment, Commonwealth against G-eorge McCombs, for obtaining money on false pretences. The defendant was acquitted, and the prosecutor directed to pay the costs.
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Appeal from the decree of the Court of Quarter Sessions of Allegheny county: No. 154 to October and November Term 1867. This appeal was by Levi B. Duff from the decree of the court taxing the costs on an indictment, Commonwealth against G-eorge McCombs, for obtaining money on false pretences. The defendant was acquitted, and the prosecutor directed to pay the costs. In the bill of costs the clerk taxed $3.33 to the appellant, who was district attorney, and $1.67 to J. W. Riddell, who had been appointed district attorney under the Act of February 3d 1867; “ creating the office and defining the…
1Opinion of the Court
*438The opinion of the court was delivered, January 7th 1868, by
Strong, J.
This is an appeal from a taxation of costs. The appellant is the district attorney of the county, and the appellee is the assistant district attorney, holding his office under an Act of Assembly passed on the 3d of February 1867, entitled “ An act creating the office and defining the duties of assistant district attorney for the county of Allegheny.” The 4th section of this act directs that the “ fees of an assistant district attorney shall be taxed and allowed out of the fees, as now allowed by law, to the district…
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