Commonwealth ex rel. Attorney-General v. Hipple
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Mandamus to Charles D. Hippie, Esquire, District Attorney of the county of Schuylkill, to sign, &c., bills of indictments upon recognisances returned into the Criminal Court of Schuylkill county. By an Act of Assembly approved April 18th 1867 (Pamph.
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Mandamus to Charles D. Hippie, Esquire, District Attorney of the county of Schuylkill, to sign, &c., bills of indictments upon recognisances returned into the Criminal Court of Schuylkill county. By an Act of Assembly approved April 18th 1867 (Pamph. L. 91), the counties of Dauphin, Lebanon and Schuylkill were erected into a judicial district under the name of “ The First Judicial District of Criminal Jurisdiction. ” The court to consist of one judge learned in the law, who should be president judge of the district, and in all criminal matters have “like powers, jurisdiction and authority, as…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, May 5th 1870, by
Agnew, J.
This proceeding is a mandamus at the relation of the Attorney-General of the Commonwealth against Chas. D.' Hippie, the District Attorney of Schuylkill county, to compel him to sign bills of indictment, and to conduct all criminal and other prosecutions in the name of the Commonwealth in the Criminal Court of Schuylkill county. The answer of the defendant brings into question the constitutionality of the court and its jurisdiction, and the duty of the District Attorney to prosecute the pleas of the Commonwealth therein. The…
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