Commonwealth v. Thomas
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Appeal, No. 233, Jan. T., 1914,. by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1914, No. 188, of ouster on writ of quo warranto, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel. George W. Maxey, District Attorney of Lackawanna County, v. William E. Thomas, Warden of the County. Jail of Lackawanna County. Quo warranto to oust the respondent from the office of warden of the Lackawanna County jail. Demurrer to answer to suggestion for writ of quo warranto.
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Appeal, No. 233, Jan. T., 1914,. by defendant, from judgment of C. P. Lackawanna Co., March T., 1914, No. 188, of ouster on writ of quo warranto, in case of Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex rel. George W. Maxey, District Attorney of Lackawanna County, v. William E. Thomas, Warden of the County. Jail of Lackawanna County. Quo warranto to oust the respondent from the office of warden of the Lackawanna County jail. Demurrer to answer to suggestion for writ of quo warranto. Before Newcomb, J. The opinion of the Supreme Court states the facts. The court sustained the demurrer to the answer and…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Mr. Chief Justice Brown,
The general Act of April 5,1790, 2 Sm. 539, makes the sheriff of Lackawanna County the custodian of its jail. By the Act of April 27,1909, P. L. 262, this was changed. That act is entitled “An act providing for the better management of the jails or county prisons in the several counties of this Commonwealth, having over one hundred and fifty thousand and less than two hundred and fifty thousand inhabitants each, by creating in such counties a board, to be known by the name and style of inspectors of the jail or county prison, with authority to appoint a…
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