Wells v. Terrell
Supreme Court of Georgia
Forfeiture of recognizance. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. May 23, 1904. Wells, as principal, and Morgan, as security, executed before the sheriff a bail-bond payable to the Governor of the State.
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Forfeiture of recognizance. Before Judge Felton. Bibb superior court. May 23, 1904. Wells, as principal, and Morgan, as security, executed before the sheriff a bail-bond payable to the Governor of the State. It was in the sum of $500, conditioned that Wells should make his appearance before the superior court of Bibb county on the first Monday in November, 1903, and from day to day and from term to term, to answer to the offense of larceny from the person, or such other offense as may be returned by the grand jury as true, and shall not depart thence without leave of said court.” At the…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
(After stating the foregoing facts.) The defendant was charged with a misdemeanor punishable by fine or imprisonment. On the call of the case he was absent; but his authorized counsel offered to enter a plea of guilty for him. This the court refused to. allow, holding that it had no jurisdiction to enter upon the trial or to receive the plea in the prisoner’s absence. The rule in the several States on the subject is not uniform. In some *370it is in express terms provided by statute that a trial for a misdemeanor may be had in the defendant’s absence. Without statute some courts hold that while…
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