Hollingsworth v. State

It is charged in the indictment that appellant was elected treasurer of Knox county in 1884, for the term of two years, ending on the 13th day of November, 1886; that he gave bond, qualified and served as such treasurer until the 8th day of May, 1886; that, on the 27th day of April, 1886, the sureties on his official bond petitioned the judge of the Knox Circuit Court, in writing, to-be released therefrom; that the judge, on that day, caused a summons to be served on appellant commanding him to appear ten days thereafter, and give additional bond with sureties; that the summons having been…