People ex rel. Stubblefield v. Wochner

Appellees (defendants below) were sureties on the bond of George E. Flesher, a sheriff of McLean county. The declaration was filed April 2, 1926, and contains two counts. The allegations are substantially the same in both counts, wherein they allege: “That the said George E. Flesher, on, to wit, the 10th day of January, 1917, did, in his official capacity, without authority of law, seize and take from the person of the said George W. Stubblefield one promissory note * * * and did, without authority of law, surrender said note into the possession of the circuit court in and to the county of…