Norfolk v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of the county of Cumberland; the Hon. Hiram B. Decius, Judge, presiding. On the 16th day of February, 1865, Arthur Teader, with Edwin S. Norfolk and Benjamin G. Glenn, his bail, entered into a recognizance, for his appearance at the next term ,of the Circuit Court of Cumberland county, to be held in the ensuing month of March, to answer to a charge of larceny.
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Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of the county of Cumberland; the Hon. Hiram B. Decius, Judge, presiding. On the 16th day of February, 1865, Arthur Teader, with Edwin S. Norfolk and Benjamin G. Glenn, his bail, entered into a recognizance, for his appearance at the next term ,of the Circuit Court of Cumberland county, to be held in the ensuing month of March, to answer to a charge of larceny. It was duly approved and filed in the office of the circuit clerk, on the day it was executed. Court was not held at the March Term, 1865, but a Special Term was held in the month of July, but no steps…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Walker
It is urged, that this judgment is erroneous, because a- forfeiture was not taken at the term to which the accused was recognized to appear. That term was not held, and unless in such cases this proceeding, like others, stands continued, there is no authority to render a judgment of forfeiture. The third section of the chapter entitled “ Courts,” (E. S. 143) declares, that, if from any cause the court shall not sit at any term, or shall not sit until all of the business of the term shall be disposed of and determined, all matters and causes pending in the court and undetermined, shall stand…
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