Briggs v. Commonwealth

Opinion of the Court by

Judge Quin

Affirming.

Lucl Bo dine and Andrew Briggs, Jr., were indicted by a grand jury of Nelson county, for the offense con-*342derailed by section 1155, Kentucky Statutes, and were released on bail furnished by appellants and another. Bodine’s bail was fixed at $2,500.00, and that of Briggs at $2,000.00.

"We shall designate .the accused as defendants, the sureties as appellants.

After having been twice continued on defendants’ motion the cases were called for trial June 5, 1918, when a similar motion by the defendants was overruled. Defendants failing to answer when called,…