State v. Hamill

The judgment of the court was pronounced by

Preston, J.

J. St. George Hamill was accused of assault and battery, and gave bond in the sum of $500, with KirJdand and Dixon as his sureties, to appear at the District Court for the parish of East Feliciana, in April, 1850, to answer to the charge. He appeared, and was tried and convicted on the 13th day of April. A motion was made for a new trial, which was overruled on Saturday the 29th day of April, being the last day of the term of the court. The accused and his securities were then called, and he not being produced, the bond was declared…