Williams v. Padden

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• noting that private prosecutions often originate from private quarrels, are intended to vex and harass an opponent, and often do not result in a public benefit justifying the expense
• private prosecutions will not be paid for from the county treasury unless they receive the sanction of the attorney general or solicitor

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).