The People v. . Bostwick

In December, 1855, the commissioners of the canal fund loaned to the Bank of Corning twenty-five thousand dollars. The bond in suit was executed by the defendants as sureties — undertaking and agreeing that the bank should repay the money borrowed. The bond was signed and acknowledged at Corning, and was handed over to Bostwick, who was the president of the bank, with the distinct understanding that it was not to be used until it should be signed by one Andrew B. Dickinson as co-surety. The bond would not have been signed by any of the defendants except Bostwick and Laurin Mallory, the…