People v. Wiltshire

This was an action of debt on the official bond of Wiltshire, as sheriff of Randolph county. It is alleged in the declaration that Crawford, for whose use the suit was brought, had sued out of the circuit court a writ of replevin to recover the possession of fourteen stacks of wheat, then held by one Smith; and that, though the proper bond was given, and the sheriff having accepted the same, undertook to execute the writ of replevin, yet that he neglected to do so, whereby the wheat was not replevied according to the command of the writ, and the plaintiff suffered loss accordingly. A trial…