State ex rel. Minor v. Newcomer

This was a suit by appellant’s relator, Alice Minor, upon the official bond'of appellee Newcomer, as sheriff of Hamilton county, against him and his sureties therein. The breach of the bond assigned was, that Newcomer, as such sheriff, wrongfully, unlawfully and voluntarily suffered one Wilie Lucas, who was lawfully in his custody, at the suit of the relatrix, upon the charge of bastardy, to escape from his custody in the county jail. The cause was put at issue and tried by the court; and at the request of the relatrix, the court made a special finding of the facts, and thereon stated its…