Trim excess fat from pork chops. Sprinkle each chop with salt and pepper.

Brown pork chops in hot skillet with butter. While this is cooking, combine cherry pie filling, lemon juice, and ground mace in crockpot. Stir well and set aside. When the chops are browned, place the chops in crock pot. Deglaze the pan with the chicken stock, and add the liquid to the crock pot, along with the reserved cherry mixture. Cover. Cook on LOW for 5 hours.

To serve, place chops on platter. Pour cherry sauce over the pork chops.