Commonwealth v. Saulsbury
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 226, Oct. T., 1892, by defendant, Jerome Saulsbury, from judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Go., June T., 1892, No. 59, on verdict for Commonwealth. Indictment for extortion. The first count charged that defendant, by virtue and color of his office of deputy constable of Manor township, did extort, receive and take illegal fees from John Bunke, Zeboster Ross and Simon Wagner while under arrest on a warrant or warrants.
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Appeal, No. 226, Oct. T., 1892, by defendant, Jerome Saulsbury, from judgment of Q. S. Armstrong Go., June T., 1892, No. 59, on verdict for Commonwealth. Indictment for extortion. The first count charged that defendant, by virtue and color of his office of deputy constable of Manor township, did extort, receive and take illegal fees from John Bunke, Zeboster Ross and Simon Wagner while under arrest on a warrant or warrants. The second count charged defendant with extorting illegal fees from the same persons while under arrest without a warrant. At the trial, before Rayburn, P. J., the…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Paxson,
The appellant was indicted and convicted in the court below of the offence of extortion. It appears that on the 23d of December, 1889, he was appointed deputy constable for Manor township. His appointment specified that he “ is appointed deputy constable of Manor township in accordance with the terms and provisions of the act of 9th of May, 1889, and that he shall exercise and possess all the powers of policemen of the cities of the commonwealth and that said appointee shall be wholly paid by private subscriptions, and the county of Armstrong, or the…
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