Housh v. People

Appellant was" convicted in the court below, for permitting the escape of a prisoner, who had been committed to his custody, in his official capacity of constable.

The affidavit upon which the warrant, by virtue of which the prisoner was arrested, was issued, is as follows:

“ State op Illinois, ) Knox Ooimty. j"

“ The complaint and information of George Huggins, of Knox township in said county, made before James Moore, Esquire, one of the justices of the peace in and for said county, on the sixth day of May, 1873, who, being duly sworn, upon his oath, says that, in Knox township, in the said…