United States v. Cheeseman

SAWYER. Circuit Judge.

This is an action on the official bond of D. W. Clieeseman. as assistant-treasurer of the United States, and treasurer of the branch mint at San Francisco.

The eighth article of the complaint alleges, as one breach, that the principal in the bond failed to account for a certain amount of internal revenue stamps supplied him for sale by the commissioner of internal revenue of the United States under authority of acts of congress. The defendants claim that there is no liability under the conditions of the bond and the statute, for any delinquency of the assistant-treasurer,…