People v. Foster
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Appellate Court for the Third District;— heard in that court on appeal from the Circuit Court of Macon county; the Hon. C. B. Smith, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Shope
The questions arising upon this record involve a consideration of the liability of a sheriff and his sureties upon his official bond, and, as will be seen hereafter, arise upon the pleadings. The first breach assigned counted for certain moneys coming to the hands of the sheriff during his term of office, belonging to the county of Macon, and being fees earned by former sheriffs of that county. The defendants below, by their ninth plea, denied that said moneys came to the hands of the sheriff during his term of office, and averred that the same were voluntarily paid by the county board of the…
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