Chase v. People
Supreme Court of Colorado
Appeal from District Court, Arapahoe County. At the October term, A. D. 1872, of the district court, appellant, with William Halliday as surety, entered into recognizance in the sum of $2,500, conditioned for the appearance of appellant from day to day during that term, to answer to an indictment then pending against him for keeping a gambling establishment, and for exhibiting gambling devices.
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Appeal from District Court, Arapahoe County. At the October term, A. D. 1872, of the district court, appellant, with William Halliday as surety, entered into recognizance in the sum of $2,500, conditioned for the appearance of appellant from day to day during that term, to answer to an indictment then pending against him for keeping a gambling establishment, and for exhibiting gambling devices. Afterward, and on the 20th day of December, during said term, appellant was called, and failing to appear, judgment of forfeiture was entered against him and his surety. Afterward, and on the 18th day…
1Opinion of the CourtBelfokd, J.
During the same term of court that the judgment of forfeiture was entered, the plaintiff in error appeared and moved the court to vacate the same, on the ground that he was sick and unable to attend the court on the day the forfeiture was had. The affidavit of the plaintiff in error, read in support of the motion, recites that Chase, on the 20th of December, was sick and confined to his bed ; was wholly unable to appear at court in person, owing to such sickness ; that he did not intentionally take or use any medicine or other thing, or use other means to make himself sick or less able to…
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