Commissioners of Lycoming v. County of Lycoming
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Common Pleas of Lycoming county. This was an amicable action, entered between The County of Lycoming as plaintiff and T. D. Beeber and W. W. Autes, Commissioners of said county, in which the following case was stated for the opinion, of the court:— “ And now, May 4th 1863, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties to the above-stated suit, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict: That an indictment…
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Error to the Common Pleas of Lycoming county. This was an amicable action, entered between The County of Lycoming as plaintiff and T. D. Beeber and W. W. Autes, Commissioners of said county, in which the following case was stated for the opinion, of the court:— “ And now, May 4th 1863, it is hereby agreed by and between the parties to the above-stated suit, that the following case be stated for the opinion of the court in the nature of a special verdict: That an indictment was preferred in the Court of Quarter Sessions of said county against James Fredericks, Joseph Shoemaker, and William H.…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered, February 25th 1864, by
Agnew, J.
In the case of The County of Schuylkill v. Washington Reifsnyder, decided at this term, we have decided that a pardon after sentence has no effect upon the costs, and a discharge of the prisoner without payment is illegal, making the jailer personally responsible for them.
The only question, therefore, in this case is upon the power of the auditors to charge the commissioners with the amount of the costs, directed by them to be paid before the county had become fixed for the payment.
This is a clear matter. It is the only…
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