Davies v. State
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Garland Circuit Court. Hon. J. M. Smith, Circuit Judge. No order was made by the court to hold an adjourned term. Gantt’s Digest, sec. 116J¡,. No correct copy of the sci. fa. was served.
1Opinion of the CourtEakin, J.
Appellant was surety in a bail-bond in a criminal case. The defendant failed to appear, and on the eleventh day of November, 1879, the bond was declared forfeited. Summons was issued against the bail, who answered, and upon trial judgment was rendered against him for $500. From this he appeals.
There are several matters alleged as grounds for a new trial, but we deem it unnecessary to notice any, except that insisted upon by appellant in his brief. It is that the court was not properly in session when the forfeiture was taken.
The transcript shows that at the August term, 1879, of the Garland…
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