People v. Ward

The appellants brought this suit on the official bond of Mark Ward, a constable. From the record it appears that on June 1, 1887, the People, for the use of Hauser, obtained judgment against Werner for the sum of §138 and costs, upon which judgment an execution was issued on June 22d, which came into the hands of Mark Ward, a constable, on same day, who thereupon levied on some thirty acres of wheat in the field, which at the time was being cut and put in the shock, by Werner and others. It further appears that prior to said judgment, on the 14th day of April, 1887, Werner claimed to have…