People v. Gardner

McKee, J.:

Robert Gardner, one of the defendants in this case, was elected Surveyor-General of the State, at the general election of 1874, and continued in office until the first Monday in December, 1875. Before entering upon the duties of his office, he took the oath of office and gave bond with the other defendants as sureties, in the sum of ten thousand dollars, conditioned as follows, to wit: “Now, therefore, if the said Robert Gardner shall well *305and faithfully perform all the duties of his said office, as required by law, and shall pay over all moneys that may come into his hands in the…