Hays v. Cumberland County
Superior Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 7, March T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of- C. P. Cumberland Co., in favor of the defendant, on case stated. Case stated.
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Appeal, No. 7, March T., 1897, by plaintiff, from judgment of- C. P. Cumberland Co., in favor of the defendant, on case stated. Case stated. Before E. W. Biddle, P. J. It appears from the case stated that the plaintiff, a constable for the borough of Carlisle, Cumberland Co., had made five arrests of vagrants, upon which commitments were made on which was claimed 75 cents for each arrest and $1.00 for each commitment; that the above arrests and commitments were legally and properly made in accordance with the law. If the court be of the opinion that the plaintiff is entitled to recover from…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Wickham, J.,
By the special Act of April 21,1866, P. L. 1099, it was provided that Cumberland county should not be liable for any fees for the arrest or commitment of any vagrant or intoxicated person.
*161So the law stood, as to that county, until the passage of the general Act of May 8, 1876, P. L. 154, entitled, “An act to define and suppress vagrancy.” This act made it the duty of every constable and police officer in the state, to arrest on notice or on his own view all vagrants, and provides that a wilful refusal to make such arrest in any case shall subject the officer to a penalty…
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