City of Sacramento v. Hardy

Citations

• 18 Cal. 412
• 1861 Cal. LEXIS 215

Syllabus

<p>The warden of the county jail, appointed by ordinance, in pursuance of the fifty-third section of the Consolidation Act of the city and county of Sacramento, (Stat. 1858, 284) is not bound to pay into the treasury of said city and county moneys received by him from the authorities of Yolo county for keeping prisoners from that county. Such money is received by the warden in his own right. In taking charge of prisoners from Yolo, he acts as an officer of that county, and he alone is responsible to it.</p>