People v. Price

This cause, was tried at the September term of the Circuit Court of Champaign county, and resulted in a vervict and judgment for appellees.

The cause of action was the official bond of I. H. Hess, police magistrate of Champaign city, signed by appellees as his' security. It was in the penal sum of $2,000, dated April 19, 1872, with the usual recitals, and with the following condition: “If the said I. H. Hess shall justly account for and pay over all moneys that may come to his hands under any judgment or otherwise by virtue of his said office, etc. . . . then this obligation to' be void,…