Commonwealth v. State Treasurer

Opinion by

Porter, J.,

The indictment charged that the appellant wilfully neglected and refused to perform the duties enjoined upon him as state treasurer, by the Act1 of May 9, 1874, P. L. 126. The defendant demurred to the indictment and filed a motion to quash the same. The court overruled the demurrer and the motion to quash and the defendant, without1 pleading to the indictment, thereupon *317appealed and assigns for error the overruling of the demurrer and the motion to quash.

The appellant contends that, under the Act of 1874, impeachment is the exclusive remedy for misdemeanor in office of a…