JB/056/032/001

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1827 Sept. 2
Procedure Code Collectanea

Ch. Ends direct & collateral
§

From the Examiner of 2 Sept 1827. Article
under the head of Gleanings from the United States Papers

Censure on a Judge
for groundless delay.

In the Court of Common Pleas of Dauphin and
Lebanon Counties, the said S.D. Franks Esqr. has neglected
his duty by suffering cases on the arguments
list to remain undecided for an unreasonable time,
although their argument & decision had been repeatedly
called for; by refusing to hear and determine cases where
the interests of the parties imperatively demanded a speedy
decision: by adjourning the Court on the slightest and
most frivolous pretexts, and by occupying not more than
five or six hours of the day in Court even during the
greatest necessity for the despatch of public business.
In reference to these instances of neglect your Committee
cannot but observe that, while the extent and nature
of the business, particularly in the County of Dauphin
was such as to require the closest application and most
unremitting attention, the said President Judge seemed
to be entirely indifferent as to its fate, and to manifest
a total disregard of the constitutional injunctions that
justice should be administered without denial or
delay.

Identifier: | JB/056/032/001 "JB/" can not be assigned to a declared number type with value 56.
Date_1	1827-09-22	Marginal Summary Numbering	Not numbered
Box	056	Main Headings	Procedure Code
Folio number	032	Info in main headings field	Procedure Code Collectanea
Image	001	Titles	From the Examiner of 2 Sept 1827 under the head of Gleanings from the United States Papers
Category	Collectanea	Number of Pages	1
Recto/Verso	recto	Page Numbering
Penner		Watermarks
Marginals	Jeremy Bentham	Paper Producer
Corrections		Paper Produced in Year
Notes public		ID Number	18088
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