State ex rel. Attorney General v. Temple

The State, on the relation of the attorney general, sued the appellee, as clerk of the Crawford Circuit Court. The amended complaint contains two paragraphs. The first.alleges that the appellee, as such clerk, received large sums of money as docket fees and unclaimed witness fees, belonging to the State, which he had retained more than a year. Demand.

The second paragraph avers that the appellee is indebted to the State in a large sum of money for docket fees, unclaimed witness fees, and unclaimed moneys belonging to estates, which he had retained more than one year. Demand.

The averments are…