Commonwealth v. Drewry
Supreme Court of Virginia
This was a motion in the Circuit court of the city of Kichmond, by the auditor of public accounts, on behalf of the commonwealth, against John M. Drewry, late sheriff of Norfolk county, and Elizabeth Drewry an(l foui' others as his official sureties, to recover the property, capitation, free negro and September li-cense taxes of 1856, due from Drewry as sheriff, and ^eres^ an(l damages thereon according to law.
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This was a motion in the Circuit court of the city of Kichmond, by the auditor of public accounts, on behalf of the commonwealth, against John M. Drewry, late sheriff of Norfolk county, and Elizabeth Drewry an(l foui' others as his official sureties, to recover the property, capitation, free negro and September li-cense taxes of 1856, due from Drewry as sheriff, and ^eres^ an(l damages thereon according to law. The case came on for trial in January 1858, when there was a judgment against John M. Drewry for twenty-six thousand six hundred and three dollars and seventy-one cents, with interest…
1Opinion of the CourtSamuels, J.
By the constitution of Virginia, article 6, § 30, it is ordained, amongst other things, that the voters of each county shall elect a sheriff', who shall hold his office for two years. By § 23 of the *4same article, it is ordained that judges and all other officers, whether elected or appointed, shall continue to discharge the duties of their respective offices after their terms of service have expired, until their successors are qualified. By article 4, § 38, it is ordained that the manner of conducting and making returns of elections, of determining contested elections, and of filling…
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