Commonwealth v. Shields
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal No. 101, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. and Quarter Sessions, Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1911, No. 276, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John E. Shields. Indictment for malefeasance in office in permitting prisoners to escape.
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Appeal No. 101, April T., 1912, by defendant, from judgment of O. and T. and Quarter Sessions, Westmoreland Co., Aug. T., 1911, No. 276, on verdict of guilty in case of Commonwealth v. John E. Shields. Indictment for malefeasance in office in permitting prisoners to escape. Before McConnell, J. From the record it appeared that the defendant was indicted for permitting the escape of certain persons who had been summarily convicted before a justice of the peace for trespassing upon the posted private property of the Penn. Gas Coal Company in violation of the Act of April 14, 1905, P. L. 169.…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Rice, P. J.,
The count of the indictment involved in this appeal was evidently intended to be drawn under sec. 5 of the Act of March 31, 1860, P. L. 382, which declares, inter aha, that if any sheriff or keeper of any jail, “having any offender convicted or accused of any crime in his lawful custody for such crime, shall voluntarily permit or suffer *200such offender to escape and go at large,” the officer so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor.
1. The principal question for decision is, whether the offenders who, it is alleged, were committed to the custody of the defendant as…
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