Branham v. Commonwealth

JUDGE WILLIAMS

delivered the opinion of the court:

Lewis, the slave of Branham, was indicted and put on trial for murder, at the May term, 1864, of the Scott circuit court. The jury having failed to make a verdict, the court made an order admitting him to bail in the sum of three hundred dollars, which, however, was not given, and Lewis was remanded to jail. After the adjournment of the court, on petition, the county judge admitted Lewis to bail; and he, having made default by non-ap*4pearance, as required, to answer the indictment, a forfeiture of the recognizance was entered, a summons…