Leflore County, MS
Court News
J. E. Johnson was the carpet-bag Sheriff of Leflore county in 1872 and defaulted to the amount of $20,000. Among his bondsmen were John B Raymond and E. D. Fisher. The first named is dead and his estate insolvent; but Mr. Fisher, who now resides in KS City, Mo., recently paid to A. McC. Kimbrough, Esq., for the county, the sum of $8,550. [The Clarion, Wed. Nov. 30, 1887 - Submitted by Candi H.]
The Chancery Court of Leflore county rendered judgment, last week, for about $14,000
against the bondsmen of J. L. Sullivan,
the ex-sheriff of that county, to cover a shortage, including interest and damages in his official accounts. It
is stated that the bondsman will proceed to settle the matter at once. the suit was instituted by the State revenue
agent, Mr. Wirt Adams, who is always on
the alert and rarely ever lets a delinquent official escape his responsibility to State or County. [Herald Weekly, Nov. 27, 1897 - Submitted by Candi H.]
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