Sias v. Hallock
Nevada Supreme Court
APPLICATION for mandamus. Tbe facts appear in tbe opinion. I. A reward offered for tbe apprehension of a thief and money can not be claimed by a sheriff or constable, who arrests the thief, by virtue of a warrant delivered to him for that purpose. (12 Ohio, 281; 15 Wend. 44; 16 Minn. 408; Smith v. Whildin, 10 Pa. 39.) II. A public officer can not receive, for performing an official duty, any other compensation or reward than that which is prescribed by law.
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APPLICATION for mandamus. Tbe facts appear in tbe opinion. I. A reward offered for tbe apprehension of a thief and money can not be claimed by a sheriff or constable, who arrests the thief, by virtue of a warrant delivered to him for that purpose. (12 Ohio, 281; 15 Wend. 44; 16 Minn. 408; Smith v. Whildin, 10 Pa. 39.) II. A public officer can not receive, for performing an official duty, any other compensation or reward than that which is prescribed by law. (Warner v. Grace, 14 Minn. 487; Day v. Putnam Ins. Go. 16 Id. 408; Hatch v. Mann, 15 Wend. 44; Gilmore v. Lewis, 12 Ohio, 281.)
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
LEONARD, J.:
This is an application by the petitioner, James Bias, for a writ of mandamus to compel respondent, the state controller, to draw his warrant on the state treasurer in favor of petitioner for the sum of five hundred dollars reward, claimed to be due for the arrest of Bell and Wilson, who were arrested by petitioner, and thereafter tried and convicted in the United States district court in and for the district of Nevada, for the crime of robbing the United States mails.
Petitioner bases his claim upon the following statute:
“The Governor shall offer a standing reward of…
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