Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798 [microform] : the trial in the Supreme Court of the state of Pennsylvania / reported from notes by T. Lloyd. Upon which the president of that bank, the cashier, one of the directors (who was an alderman) and another person who was the high constable of Philadelphia, were sentenced to pay Patrick Lyon twelve thousand dollars damages, for a false and malicious prosecution against him, without either reasonable or probable cause.

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Corporate Author: Pennsylvania. Supreme Court
Other Authors: Lyon, Patrick, 1769-1829 (Plaintiff), Fox, Samuel M. (Samuel Mickle), 1763-1808 (Defendant), Smith, Jonathan, 1767-1839 (Defendant), Stocker, John C. (John Clement) (Defendant), Haines, John, High Constable of Philadelphia (Defendant), Lloyd, Thomas, 1756-1827 (Reporter)
Format: Microfilm Book
Language:English
Published: Philadelphia : Printed for the Publishers, 1808.
Series:Collection of trials on microfiche ; 310.
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Item Description:"Trial of Samuel M. Fox ... Jonathan Smith ... John C. Stocker ... and John Haines ... at the suit of Patrick Lyon, to recover damages for false imprisonment on a charge of robbing the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798, before the Supreme Court of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania."
Physical Description:ii, 184 pages ; 19 cm
Reproduction Note:Microfiche.