People v. Davis

Holdom, J.:

The defendant was indicted and tried before the court and a jury on a charge of having received stolen property knowing the same to have been stolen, and a verdict of guilty returned and a motion by defendant for a new trial entered. The cause is now before the court upon an application to admit the defendant to bail pending the disposition of the motion for a new trial.

The argument of counsel for defendant resolves itself into but one question, which is: What is a conviction within the meaning and intent of the statute on bail which provides “that all persons shall be bailable…