State ex rel. Cocking v. Wade

This is a suit on the bond of George A. Wade, sheriff of Charles County, to recover damages for his alleged neglect in the performance of his duty, whereby the father of the equitable plaintiffs lost his life. After setting out the bond, it is alleged in the narr., that Joseph Cocking, on the 21st May, 1896, was indicted by the grand jury of Charles County for the crime of murdering his wife, Fannie Cocking and her sister (though he'was “innocent” of the same); that thereupon he was delivered to the custody of said sheriff, to safely keep until discharged in due course of law; that owing to…