Satterfield v. County of Jefferson

Citations

• 85 Ill. 347

Syllabus

<p>Fees in criminal cases—liability of county to county clerk. The statute which provides that in all criminal cases, when the costs can not he collected from the defendants on their conviction, or in case of the acquittal of the defendants, such costs shall he paid out of the county treasury, applies exclusively to clerks of the circuit courts. So, although, under the act of 1872, clerks of county courts may charge and collect like fees as clerks of the circuit courts, the county will in no event be liable to the county clerks for their fees in criminal cases.</p>