John Bonds was expelled for illegally taking military pay.
According to "The Colonial Records of North Carolina," Vol. XX, (p. 233), the head of a House committee testified on Dec. 14, 1787, that Bonds improperly withdrew Army pay intended for at least four other men.
A Halifax County grand jury found Bonds guilty of illegally withdrawing pay in one instance.
The committee also heard testimony from a James Cremer, whose money Bonds had withdrawn. In his defense, Bonds claimed that he was supposed to be withdrawing money for a Thomas Cremer, blaming the clerk for writing the name wrong.
But he was done in by the testimony of a widow who said he told her he "would not give you a snap of my Finger for your chance" at getting her husband's pay.
Bonds was then expelled.
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