Moore v. People

This action was brought against appellant, who is a justice of the peace of the town of Lake, and the sureties on his official bond, to recover certain fines collected by him as justice of the peace.

The case was tried in the court below on an agreed statement of facts, from which it appears that said appellant as justice of the peace had, between the date of the bond and the commencement of this action, imposed on persons who were brought before him by legal process in criminal cases, in which the people of the State of Illinois were plaintiffs, fines, forfeitures and penalties and collected…