Case Name: Commonwealth v. Hiram T. Herrin
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1883-05-12
Citations: 12 Ky. Op. 158
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth v. Hiram T. Herrin.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 12
Pages: 158–159

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. Hiram T. Herrin.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 4 — 989. ]
Criminal Law — Usurpation of Office,
An indictment is not good which charges that the accused usurped an office by exercising the duties thereof without executing an official bond which was required by law to be executed, the indictment not charging that the accused was ineligible or not elected to the office or that he had not taken the oath of office.
APPEAL FROM WEBSTER CIRCUIT COURT.
May 12, 1883.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Hargis:
The appellee was indicted for the usurpation of the office of chairman of the board of trustees of the- town of Dixon. The acts constituting the offense are charged to be that he exercised the duties of the office without executing an official bond which he was required by law to do before entering upon the discharge of the duties of his office.
The indictment does not charge that he was ineligible or not elected to the office, or that he had not taken the oath of office, and we are therefore of the opinion that the demurrer was properly sustained to the indictment. Brown v. Grover's Administrator, 6 Bush (Ky.) 1; Commonwealth v. Cook, 8 Bush (Ky.) 220, 8 Am. Rep. 456; Patterson v. Miller, 2 Metc. (Ky.) 493.
P. W. Hardin, for appellant.
Judgment affirmed.