Hutson v. State Ex Rel. Hempstead County

This suit was instituted by appellee against appellant- to recover $2,510.33 for willfully, knowingly and corruptly allowing a claim for jail cells' to his alleged co-conspirator, A. F. Pickett, while acting-in his official capacity as judge of the county court of Hempstead County, instead of making- the allowance to E. T. Barnum Iron Works, a corporation, that furnished the cells to said county, under a written contract signed “Hempstead County, Owner, by Wash Hutson, County Judge,” and approved by A. F. Pickett. The complaint is very long, but the gist is set'out in appellee ’s- brief as…