Moore v. State

Compton, Sp. J.

This was an action against Benjamin E. Moore on a forfeited bail bond. At the trial in the court below, the issues were, by consent, submitted to the court sitting without a jury,.and upon the evidence adduced, judgment was rendered against the defendant for $500, to reverse which the appeal in this case is prosecuted.

The evidence, as set out in the bill of exceptions, establishes the following facts : Isham Y. Burke was indicted at the fall term, 1869, of the Desha circuit court, for an assault with intent to kill; a bench warrant was issued to the sheriff, on which Burke was…