Boswell v. Colquitt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Bonds. Contracts. Principal and Surety. Before Judge Willis. Harris Superior Court. October Term, 1883. Taylor Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. Reported in the decision.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
The question involved in these two eases is, whether the bail for defendants’ appearance to answer a criminal charge has, at the term after scire facias has issued against him, until the state case against his prinicipal is called, to produce the body of that principal to answer the charge against him, or may the bond be forfeited at an earlier day of the *64court, when the scire facias is called on another docket?
It seems that the practice in the Chattahoochee circuit of late years has been to place the scire facias in such cases on the civil docket, and when that docket…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Woodall v. SmithSupreme Court of Georgia · 1874
3Cited by2 opinions
- Roberts v. StateCourt of Appeals of Georgia · 1924
- Freeman v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1901