Commonwealth v. Cauffiel

Opinion by

G-awthrop, J.,

On January 14, 1929, this appellant was charged, in a single information before O. J. Rowland, a justice of the peace in and for the Borough of Ebensburg, Cambria County, (1) with having, as the duly, qualified and acting mayor in and for the City of Johnstown, unlawfully, wilfully and fraudulently received and taken, by color of his office, from one Jonathan Rager, certain fees and rewards between February 20, 1928, and July 16, 1928, inclusive, amounting to $15,636, the same not being allowed by any act of assembly of this Commonwealth; (2) with having been elected…