Coleman v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Martin. Tried below before Hon. Ethan Allen, County Judge. This appeal is from a judgment final on a forfeited bail bond for $150. As recited in the body of said bond, the condition was as follows, viz.: “ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bound principal, Charles Coleman, stands charged, by complaint duly presented in the County Court of Martin County, Texas, with the offense of theft of property under the…
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Appeal from the County Court of Martin. Tried below before Hon. Ethan Allen, County Judge. This appeal is from a judgment final on a forfeited bail bond for $150. As recited in the body of said bond, the condition was as follows, viz.: “ The condition of the above obligation is such, that whereas the above bound principal, Charles Coleman, stands charged, by complaint duly presented in the County Court of Martin County, Texas, with the offense of theft of property under the value of $20. Now therefore,” etc. Defendants’ motion to quash the bail bond was as follows: “ Now come the defendants…
1Opinion of the Court
DAVIDSON, Judge.
The bail bond of Coleman, as principal, was forfeited, and upon final hearing the judgment nisi was made final. The brief presents two questions for adjudication: first, it is urged the bond should have been quashed, because it recites the principal was charged by “ complaint ” with the offense named, in the County Court; and second, because an information was not filed in the County Court at the first term after filing the complaint. Neither of these grounds are tenable as grounds for quashing the bond.
A complaint filed in the County Court may form the basis of the bond. That…
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