County of Lehigh v. Schock
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county. This was an appeal of the county of Lehigh from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action of debt wherein Emerson F. Schock was plaintiff and the said county was defendant. The following are the facts as they appeared on the trial before Albright, P. J.: The plaintiff was an alderman of the city of Allentown and county of Lehigh. Informations for the following criminal charges were laid before him.
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Error to the Court of Common Pleas of Lehigh county. This was an appeal of the county of Lehigh from the judgment of a justice of the peace in an action of debt wherein Emerson F. Schock was plaintiff and the said county was defendant. The following are the facts as they appeared on the trial before Albright, P. J.: The plaintiff was an alderman of the city of Allentown and county of Lehigh. Informations for the following criminal charges were laid before him. Cruelty to .animals, assault and battery, malicious trespass, larceuy, false pretence, peddling without license, surety of the peace…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Tbunkev
It is highly improbable that a magistrate would so conduct himself at the hearing and discharge of persons accused of crime, that his docket would not be conclusive that the cases were dismissed as unfounded. No evidence was offered by the defendant, nothing impeaches the good faith of the plaintiff in the performance of his official duty, and therefore the fourth, fifth and sixth assignments are not well taken. Nor is there anything in the case to require notice of the third assignment.
The eleventh section of the Act of 1791 provided that cost on bills returned ignoramus by the grand jury…
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