Lenarcie v. State

The conclusion reached in these eases depends upon a proposition applicable alike to each, hence the result is here announced in both. The judgment of the court of common pleas affirming the judgment of conviction rendered by the mayor of Nottingham must be reversed, as well as the judgment of the mayor. The result reached is in conflict with the views entertained by me at the hearing, but an examination of the authorities has convinced both me and my associate that the mayor in each of these cases should have discharged the prisoner, upon the motion to discharge made before him, and this…