Illinois Supreme Court June 15, 1853 (People v. Compher)

Treat, C. J.

In September, 1849, William Compher, sheriff of Peoria county, with William S. Moss, Clark Cleaveland, and Clement Ewalt, as his sureties, executed a bond to the people of the State of Illinois, in the penalty of $62,000, and conditioned that he would perform all the duties required to be performed by him, as collector of Peoria county, in the time and manner prescribed by law.