Hanney v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
No. 10 January Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; Court below, No. 289 May Term 1884, Q. S. In tbe court below this case was an indictment of John Hanney, charging him with fraudulently conspiring with William Kelly and Thomas Keating to cheat and defraud the township of Norwegian, in the county of Schuylkill.
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No. 10 January Term 1886, Sup. Ct.; Court below, No. 289 May Term 1884, Q. S. In tbe court below this case was an indictment of John Hanney, charging him with fraudulently conspiring with William Kelly and Thomas Keating to cheat and defraud the township of Norwegian, in the county of Schuylkill. A true bill was found May 19, 1884, and the case came on for trial November 19, 1884. The defendant in 1883-84 was the treasurer of Norwegian township, Schuylkill county, and during the same period Thomas Keating was a supervisor and William Kelly his clerk. The indictment was under the 128th section…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion,
Mr. Justice Gordon:
We agree with the court below, that if the defendant, John Hanney, who was the treasurer of Norwegian township, paid orders which he knew were issued in violation of the 9th section of the Act of 1859, P. L. 53, or which were otherwise fraudulent, under an arrangement with one or both of the supervisors, or any other person, or persons, so to do, he was guilty of the cheat charged, and liable to conviction under the indictment found against him. We think, however, the court failed to give that weight to the defendant’s evidence of good character which should have…
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