Becker v. County of Lawrence

Citations

• 8 Pa. Super. 41
• 1898 Pa. Super. LEXIS 8

Syllabus

<p>Fees of sheriff— Commitment and discharge of prisoners — Givil and criminal cases.</p> <p>No specific legislative authority for the payment of a fee for the discharge of criminals being shown, the county is not liable to the sheriff therefor.'</p> <p>The sheriff of Lawrence county is entitled to a fee of fifty cents for every prisoner committed in criminal cases, but no fee for his discharge; in civil cases he is entitled to a fee for a discharge but none for commitment. The fee is the same in either case but based on different functions, in one case, on commitment, in the other, on discharge.</p>