State ex rel. Attorney-General v. Hixon

This is a proceeding under the statute in relation to clerks of courts (G. S. 1865, ch. 24, §§ 18-24), upon charges exhibited by the Attorney-General against the defendant for misdemeanor in office as clerk of the County Court of the county of Lafayette.

The first charge was, that the said William Hixon, clerk of the County Court aforesaid, did, on the 1st day of December, 1866, while acting as such clerk, knowingly and wilfully, in violation of law and of his duty as such clerk, issue certificates of election to certain persons named as county officers, and to himself as clerk of the County…