Gentry v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Error to Clark Circuit Court. Hon. A. A. Stith, Circuit Judge. It was error to take a forfeiture of the recognizance at a sub-term — the court having failed to meet at the term following the date of it. 2 Penn. Rep. 24 ; 3 Yerger 281 ; 3 Dana 224.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Compton
Gentry, the plaintiff in error, on the 21st day of April, 1855, entered into a recognizance in the penalty of one hundred and ten dollars, conditioned for the appearance of Eli Tucker — who was principal in the recognizance — before the Circuit Court of Clark county, at September term, 1855, to answer an indictment preferred against him for assault and battery. As shown by the record, the September term, (1855,) of the court was not held, owing to the illness of the presiding Judge. At March term, 1856 — which was the next regular term thereafter — Tucker failed to appear, and the…
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