State v. Longley

This was an indictment against the defendant for failing to pay over money collected by him as constable on an execution.

Upon motion of the defendant, the indictment was quashed; and the state appeals.

The indictment contains two counts. The first charges, in substance, that on the first of October, 1856, Longley, as constable, collected on an execution in his hands, issued upon a judgment in fa,vor of Cyrus B. James against God-*483love O. Behm,, by Thompson W. Graham, a justice of the peace of Tippecanoe county, the sum of 15 dollars; that the said Gyrus B. James being then and there the proper…