State v. Bowen

This was an application to the circuit court of Randolph county, for amandamus to the judge of the county court of that county, commanding him to accept a bond tendered by the sheriff.

The judge of the county court, it appears, had declared the office of the sheriff vacant, in a proceeding at the instance of one of the sureties of the sheriff, to compel the sheriff to execute a new bond. The proceeding resulted in a judgment of the county court, declaring tho office of sheriff vacated. This was a final judgment by a court of record in a matter over which it had exclusive jurisdiction, and…