State ex rel. Michener v. Scanlon

This was an action by the State, on the relation of the attorney general, against the appellee, who was the sheriff of Benton county.

The complaint is in three paragraphs. The substance of the first paragraph is as follows : That, on the 16th day of March, 1885, in vacation, an affidavit and information were filed in the court below against one William Curry, charging him with carrying concealed a dangerous and deadly weapon ; that a warrant was issued and placed in the hands of Scanlon, the appellee here, who was the sheriff of Benton county from 1884 to 1886, in pursuance of which he…