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Document 142228

GEORGE M. DALLAS
As 26-year-old Philadelphia Deputy Attorney General, he will not prosecute a young defendant because of his age and his father's position.
ALS: "G.M. Dallas/D.A.G." as Deputy Attorney General of Philadelphia, 1p, 8x6¼. [Philadelphia], 1819 March 18. To Mayor Robert Wharton of Philadelphia. In full: "The Comm[onwealth]/vs/Henry Marks}Larceny. The Defendant is so young, and his father a man so respectable, that I consent to a non-pros being entered, having it well understood that the child will be speedily put to some active employment." ROBERT WHARTON was Mayor of Philadelphia from 1798-1800, 1806-1808, 1810-1811, 1814-1819 and 1820-1824. GEORGE M. DALLAS had been appointed Deputy Attorney General in 1817 when he was only 24. His father, Alexander J. Dallas, had served as Madison's Secretary of the Treasury from 1814-1816. Dallas was Mayor of Philadelphia from 1828-1829 and served as Polk's Vice President from 1845-1849. Consenting to a "non-pros" or "non prosequitur" means that the plaintiff (Commonwealth of Pennsylvania represented by Dallas) will accept a judgment of neglecting to prosecute the suit agreeably to law and the rules of the court. Light folds and lightly creased. 1-inch separation at right of horizontal folds touches 2 letters and is nicked there. Lightly shaded at horizontal fold and edges.

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