Blackman v. State

"Worden, J.

Complaint by the state against Blackman, on a forfeited recognizance. The recognizance, a copy of which is set out, appears to have been entered into before Isaac Swartwout, sheriff of Noble county, Indiana, on the 3d day of October, 1857, by William H Blackman and Elisha Blackman, and is conditioned for the appearance of said William H at the next term of the Noble Circuit Court, to answer to a charge of forgery. Averment of the non-appearance of William H, and the forfeiture of the recognizance.

Elisha, on whom alone process was served, answered “that the supposed recognizance was…