Hester v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, Second Division; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; 1. The bond in question is a bail bond, the conditions of which were fully satisfied by the surrender of Tom Gibson in compliance with Kirby’s Digest, §§ 2176-7-8; 2 Comyn (A) (Bail); 2 Chitty’s Blackstone 290; 1 Ark. 152. See also §§ 2171-2-3 of Kirby’s Digest.
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Appeal from Greene Circuit Court, Second Division; R. E. L. Johnson, Judge; 1. The bond in question is a bail bond, the conditions of which were fully satisfied by the surrender of Tom Gibson in compliance with Kirby’s Digest, §§ 2176-7-8; 2 Comyn (A) (Bail); 2 Chitty’s Blackstone 290; 1 Ark. 152. See also §§ 2171-2-3 of Kirby’s Digest. The true doctrine as to the law of this case is laid down in 45 Ark. 385. See, also, 47 Id. 388; 50 Id. 132-140; 48 Id.-305; 76 Id: 443; 137 Id. 402. Section 2173, Kirby’s Digest, should be construed in connection with sections 2176-7, and all other statutes…
1Opinion of the CourtHumphreys, J.
Appellee instituted suit against appellant, I. H. Woods and J. B. Jarvis, in the Second Division of the Greene Circuit Court, to recover $10,000 on a bond conditioned that Tom Gibson, who had been convicted of murder in the second degree and appealed from the judgment, would surrender himself in the Supreme Court upon the dismissal of the appeal or upon rendition of a final judgment upon said appeal, in obedience to the orders and mandate of said court.
Appellant pleaded, in addition to other defenses, that two days after the bond was signed and approved, Tom Gibson, at the instance of his…
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