Bowling v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to a judgment of the Circuit Court of Floyd county, upon a judgment upon a writ of scire facias against a surety upon a bail bond.
1Opinion of the Court
Whittle, P.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
At the April term, 1915, of the Circuit Court of Floyd county, Posey Griffith was indicted for a felony and entered into a recognizance in the penalty of $500, with plaintiff in error, J. W. Bowling, as his surety, conditioned according to law, for his appearance, etc., on July 15, 1915. Griffith failed to appear pursuant to the requirement of his recognizance and the same was forfeited. Thereupon, a writ of scire facias was issued against the parties, summoning them to appear before the circuit court on the first day of February term, 1916, to…
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