Commonwealth v. Johnson
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin ■* COUllty. The accounts of Francis Johnson, as sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, were settled by the auditor geJ r -, . ~ neral and state treasurer, on the 4th Aprils 1812, and the sum of 219 dollars 90 cents reported to be due from him to the Commonwealth.
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In Error. ERROR to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin ■* COUllty. The accounts of Francis Johnson, as sheriff of the city and county of Philadelphia, were settled by the auditor geJ r -, . ~ neral and state treasurer, on the 4th Aprils 1812, and the sum of 219 dollars 90 cents reported to be due from him to the Commonwealth. From this settlement, Francis Johnson appealed to the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin county, agreeably to the provisions of the 11th section of the act of 30th March, 18H. Purd. Dig. 361. In the Court of Common Pleas a case was stated for the opinion of the Court,…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Duncan J.
Francis Johnson, in his life-time, appealed from the settlement of his accounts, as sheriff, with the Commonwealth, by the auditor general and treasurer of the state, made on the 4th April, 1814, reporting a sum due to the the Commonwealth of 219 dollars 90 cents. On his death, his executrix was substituted.
It is not alleged, that there is any error in the settlement, so far as respects the amount of public monies in the hands of sheriff Johnson; but he retained this sum for fees ; 201 dollars for the service of original process, issued out of…
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