Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Roberts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Decided September 27, 1864PublishedCited by 8 opinions
CASE 23 — PETITION ORDINARY cited Civ. Code, sec. 80 ; 18 B. M., 29; 1 Marsh., 84; 6 Barr., 348; 15 Ala., 431 ; 2 Bibb, 199; 4 Litt., 235; 2 Litt., 306; 3 Mon., 342; 4 Mon., 225; 2 J. J. M., 418, 473 ; 3 J. J. M., 182, 437 ; 1 Parsons on Contr., 363. cited Crim. Code, secs. 23, 79; 14 B. M., 390.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE WILLIAMS
delivered the opinion of the court :
Roberts having been indicted, arrested, and imprisoned in Henry county, for murder, sued out a writ of habeas corpus, on the trial of which the circuit judge made this order:
“The court upon the hearing of this case decides that the prisoner is entitled to bail, and orders that when he executes bond in the sum of f 1,000, with good security in that amount, the jailer will discharge him from prison.”
*200Whereupon said Roberts, with his two sureties, executed bond before the jailer. Roberts not appearing to answer the indictment according to the…
2Cases cited4 opinions
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- Commonwealth v. LittellCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1819
- Commonwealth v. SteeleCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1819
- Frishe v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1838
3Cited by8 opinions
- United States v. HudsonDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1894
- Haney v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1888
- Kiefer's Ex'r and Ex'x v. DeibelCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1942
- Territory of Oklahoma Ex Rel. Thacker v. WoodringSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1905
- Higgs' Ex'x v. Higgs' Ex'xCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1941
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