Board of County Commissioners v. Board of County Commissioners

In June, 1889, George Brown was charged with the crime' of being an accessory to the robbery of the San Miguel County Bank of Telluride, Colorado. The offense is charged to have been committed in the county of Montezuma. Hearing was had before a justice of the peace in Montezuma county, and Brown was held to await the action of the grand jury of the district court; failing to give bond and there being no jail in Montezuma county, the justice of the peace committed Brown to the jail of San Miguel county. December 1, 1889, the commissioners of San Miguel county presented its accounts to the…