Robinson v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bonds. Supersedeas. Judgments. Practice. Before Judge Willis. City court of Columbus. January term, 1890. At the July term, 1889, of the city court of Columbus, Prank Robinson was convicted of fornication, and sentenced to twelve months in the chain-gang. During that term he moved for a new trial, and the hearing of the motion was continued until August 19th.
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Bonds. Supersedeas. Judgments. Practice. Before Judge Willis. City court of Columbus. January term, 1890. At the July term, 1889, of the city court of Columbus, Prank Robinson was convicted of fornication, and sentenced to twelve months in the chain-gang. During that term he moved for a new trial, and the hearing of the motion was continued until August 19th. On the second day of that month, he gave a bond in the sum of $200, with W. H. and A. B. Robinson as securities, conditioned that he should appear at the next term of the court, and from day to day and from term to term until discharged…
1Opinion of the Court
Bleckley, Chief Justice.
A more striking misconception or misapplication of law than this case presents we have never known. Grant that the bond was a supersedeas bond such as is contemplated in section 4263 of the code, still it was given in'a criminal case and was conditioned, not for payment of condemnation money, but for the appear*561anee of the accused, who had been sentenced, not to pay a fine, but to serve in the chain-gang. Suppose, also, that the failure to take steps to carry the case to the Supreme Court was equivalent to actually carrying it there, with the result of an affirmance of…
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