Werbiski v. State
Court of Appeals of Texas
Error from the District Court of Cameron. Tried below before the Hon. J. C. Bussell. This writ of error was prosecuted from the final judgment of the trial court on the forfeited bond of Guadalupe Beltran, bailed under a charge of felonious theft. The amount of the bond and judgment was $150.
1Opinion of the Court
White, Presiding Judge.
Plaintiffs in error were sureties upon a bond executed by one Beltran for his appearance at the September term, 1883, of the district court of Cameron county, to answer to “a charge of theft of property over $20 in value.” Beltran having failed to appear and answer an indictment found against him for said offense, a judgment nisi was rendered against him and his sureties, which recites that the bond forfeited by said judgment was one conditioned for the personal appearance of the defendant “ at the present term of this court to abide the judgment upon his said appeal.”
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2Cases cited2 opinions
- State v. CoxTexas Supreme Court · 1860
- Bailes v. StateTexas Supreme Court · 1857