Commonwealth v. Yancy
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
CASE 6 — INDICTMENT APPEAL PROM CHRISTIAN CIRCUIT COURT. cited 1 Rev. Slat., p. 397; Criminal Code, sec. 49. cited Grim.- Code, secs. 65, 92. cited Grim. Code, sec. 49; 3 Met., 477.
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE ROBERTSON
delivered the opinion, op the court:
Pinkney Yaney — arrested under a warrant charging him with the offense of “ shooting Robert P. Coleman with a pistol, with intent to kill" — entered into a recognizance before the inquiring justices with the appellee, W. B. Yaney, as his surety, for his appearance before that court of inquiry at a specified time and place for preliminary trial; and, failing to appear, his recognizance was adjudged forfeited.
A scire facias for judgment against the surety for the penalty was dismissed by the circuit court on the presumed ground that the…
2Cited by3 opinions
- Pack v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky (pre-1976) · 1940
- Hardin v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1903
- Jones v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1961