Shields v. Westmoreland County
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 210, Oct. T., 1915,. by plaintiff, from judgment of C. P. Westmoreland Co.,. Nov. T., 1914, No. 613, on case stated, in case of John E. Shields v. The County of Westmoreland. Case stated to determine plaintiff’s right to.recover salary. Before Doty, P. J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court entered judgment for defendant on the case stated. Plaintiff appealed. Error assigned was the judgment of the court.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
John E. Shields was elected sheriff of Westmoreland County at the November election of 1907, and on the first Monday of January, 1908, assumed the duties of his of*272fice, which did not expire until the first Monday of January, 1912. During the last year of his term he was charged with the commission of certain crimes, and, having been duly prosecuted therefor, was found guilty on September 8, 1911, in the Court of Quarter Sessions of the county, of embezzlement of public moneys and perjury. On the twelfth of the same month he was found guilty in the same court…
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