Legal Opinion

Commonwealth v. Shoener

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania

Decided June 22, 1905No. Appeal, No. 286PublishedCited by 7 opinions

Appeal, No. 286, Jan. T., 1904, by defendant, from judgment of Superior Court, Oct. T., 1904, No. 47, reversing judgment of Q. S. Schuylkill Co., March T., 1903, No. 175, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John T. Shoener. Appeal from Superior Court. The facts are stated in tile O~1fl1Ofl of the Supreme Court. Error assig~zed was judgment of the Superior Court.

1Opinion of the Court

OPINIoN BY

MR. JusTIoE BRowN,

John T. Shoener was elected and commissioned clerk of the court of quarter sessions of the county of Schuylkill for the. term of three years from the first Monday in January, 1900. During the three years that he served as such clerk he received from applicants for liquor licenses and for transfers of the same a fee of, ~6.00 on each application. This fee is fixed and di*528rected to be paid by tbe Act of July 30, 1897, P. L. 464. He kept an account of the fees he so received and made return of them to the county authorities, but retained them for judicial determination…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Schuylkill County v. ShoenerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1903
  2. Commonwealth v. ShoenerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1904

3Cited by7 opinions

  1. Commonwealth v. ShieldsSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1912
  2. Commonwealth v. ShoenerSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  3. Commonwealth v. ShoenerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1906
  4. Commonwealth v. SitlerSuperior Court of Pennsylvania · 1917
  5. John T. Shoener, Piff. In Err. v. Commonwealth of PennsylvaniaSupreme Court of the United States · 1907

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