Appointment of Constable

GARB, J.,

In each of these cases we have before us for disposition rules served by the district attorney upon Kenneth Brown and Harry Falkenstein, respectively, each to show cause why his respective appointment as constable for Morrisville Borough, Fourth Ward, should not be vacated. In each case the rule was signed by the undersigned on May 3, 1974 and duly served upon *278respondents named therein. Answers in each case were filed and a joint hearing held before the undersigned.

In the general election of November 1973, one Walter Ingenbrandt was elected constable for the Fourth Ward in the…