Robbery of the Bank of Pennsylvania in 1798.
The trial in the Supreme court of the state of Pennsylvania.
Reported from the 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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Main Author

Lyon, Patrick

Related Names

Lloyd, T. (Thomas), fl. 1788-1819.
Haines, John, high constable of Philadelphia.
Stocker, John Clement, director of the Bank of Pennsylvania.
Smith, Jonathan, cashier of the Bank of Pennsylvania.
Fox, Samuel M., president of the Bank of Pennsylvania.
Pennsylvania. Supreme Court.

Language(s)

English

Published

Philadelphia: Printed for the publishers. 1808.

Subjects

Trials (Robbery) > Trials (Robbery) / Pennsylvania.
Bank robberies > Bank robberies / Pennsylvania > Bank robberies / Pennsylvania / Philadelphia.

Note

"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."

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1 p. ℓ., ii, 184 p. 19 cm.

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