Commonwealth v. Justice
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Certiorari to the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. This was a scire facias on a forfeited recognisance in the Quarter Sessions.
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Certiorari to the Common Pleas of Lawrence county. This was a scire facias on a forfeited recognisance in the Quarter Sessions. On the 17th April 1857, Joseph Justice and Webster Justice entered into a recognisance'in $3000, before a justice of the peace, conditioned for the appearance of John N. Wagonseller, late cashier of the Bank of New Castle,-at the next Court of Quarter Sessions, to answer the charge of embezzlement of the moneys of the bank to the extent of $27,000. Wagonseller absconded, and at May Sessions 1857, the grand jury found a true bill, charging him- with larceny and…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Lowrie, C. J.
This is a case of .the distribution of money collected on a forfeited recognisance- in the Quarter Sessions. It comes here by certiorari, at the instance of the Bank of Lawrence County, which complains that it did not get its due share of the money, under the Act of 30th July 1842, §§ 25, 26.
We are of opinion that this court has no authority to review the order or decree of the Common Pleas, for it is expressly declared to be final and conclusive; and because the case is not such a judicial one as falls necessarily within the general…
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