Ex parte Ford

The following petition was filed in the court below:

*416“State of Indiana, ) St. Joseph Circuit Court, St. Joseph County. 5 October Term, 1880.

“Application of George Ford, Prosecuting Attorney, for construction of statute.

“Said prosecuting attorney, by virtue of acts 1879, Special Session, page 142, section 36, now brings before the court, for construction, section 23 of the act of 1875, 1 R. S. 1876, p. 475, which provides that the prosecuting attorney’s fees-shall be as follows : ‘Docket fee upon forfeited recognizance ten dollars. And when he prosecutes to final judgment against the defendant,…