Pinson v. State

At the October term, 1872, of the Columbia circuit court a forfeiture was taken against the appellants and James M. Butts, upon a bond for $700, given for the appearance of Butts at the previous April term, to answer a charge of an assault with intent to kill.

At the May term, 1873, all being notified but Butts, they answered, that the bond was taken by and before Claiborne S. Barron, as sheriff of said county, and that he did not arrest Butts under a warrant or other process in which it appeared that said Butts was to be admitted to bail in a specified sum, etc. ; and that said sheriff did…