People v. Kirkpatrick

Mr. Presiding Justice

Sample delivered the opinion of the Court.

This suit was brought in the name of the people, by James W. Tuffts, on the official bond of W. S. Kirkpatrick, as a justice of the peace, for an alleged failure on his part, as such justice, to enter on his docket, as required by the chattel mortgage law, the following instrument, whereby, it is alleged, said Tuffts lost the property therein described:

“ Wykes & Co. to James W. Tuffts: Know all men by these presents, that Wykes & Co., of Tamaroa, in the State of Illinois, are justly and truly indebted unto James W. Tuffts, of the…