State v. Inman

— This was an action of debt, commenced in *226the Circuit Court, on a recognizance entered into before a justice of the peace, in the penalty of 200 dollars.

The declaration is, in substance, as follows: That on, &c., at, &c., the defendant appeared before John Dewees, a justice of the peace, &c., and then and there acknowledged before said justice that he owed to the state of Indiana the sum of 200 dollars, to be levied, &c., if default should be made in the following condition, viz., that if Solomon Goodwin should appear before said justice, on, &c., and then and there answer said state on a…