State Ex Rel. Sonner v. Dean

HatoheR, Judge:

This is an action brought in the circuit court of Berkeley county against its sheriff and his surety on his official bond for the alleged unlawful killing of the plaintiff’s decedent, Edward Sonner, either by the sheriff or one of his alleged deputies.

The declaration alleges that Dean, in company with Joseph Lord and Charles Jack, his deputies, undertook and attempted to arrest (without warrant) Edward Sonner for an offense committed by Sonner and others in the presence of the officers, to-wit, the offense of unlawfully gambling and playing a certain game of chance for money…