State v. Klingman
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Tama District Court. This is an action upon a bond given by defendants conditioned that Stephen Klingman sbonld appear at the February Term, 1860, of the District Court of Tama county, to answer the charge of murder. The defendant was, on a preliminary examination before a justice of the peace, held to bail in the above sum, and in default, was committed to the jail of Linn county.
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Appeal from Tama District Court. This is an action upon a bond given by defendants conditioned that Stephen Klingman sbonld appear at the February Term, 1860, of the District Court of Tama county, to answer the charge of murder. The defendant was, on a preliminary examination before a justice of the peace, held to bail in the above sum, and in default, was committed to the jail of Linn county. The bond was accepted by the county judge of Linn county, on the 15th day of January, 1860, but was not returned to the clerk of the District Court of Tama county until the 25th day of October, 1860. At…
1Opinion of the Court
Baldwin, ,C. J.
I. The ruling of the District Court upon the defendant’s demurrer cannot be reviewed by the Supreme Court,, as any error therein was waived by the defendant’s answer.
JI. It is assigned that the Court erred in the admission of the bond sued'on in evidence on the part of the plaintiff.
The first objection made to this bond is, that the County Judge of-Linn county could not take or accept the bond of a person admitted to bail by another officer or magistrate.
The provision of the Statute is, that when the defendant has been held to. answer for any bailable offense, the admission to…
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