People v. Rathbone

This is an action commenced by the attorney-general of the state to forfeit the office of the defendant as notary public.

The plaintiff .alleges that in January, 1894, the defendant was appointed a notary public, in and for the county of Albany, by the governor of the state, and was confirmed by the senate. That thereafter he took his oath of office as notary public and filed the same in the office of the county clerk of Albany county, and since then has been acting as notary public in and for the county of Albany.

That, at the time of his appointment as notary public, he was possessed of a…