United States v. Stevens
United States Circuit Court
Scire Facias on Bail-bond. The principal defendant, R. P. Stevens, was indicted at the October term, 1881, with others for a conspiracy to pass counterfeit money, and the usual writ of capias issued for his arrest, returnable to the April term, 1882, under which said Stevens was arrested on March 6,1882, by the marshal, and taken before one of the circuit court com. missioners, when he gave bond in the penal sum of $1,000, with the other defendants herein as his sureties;…
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Scire Facias on Bail-bond. The principal defendant, R. P. Stevens, was indicted at the October term, 1881, with others for a conspiracy to pass counterfeit money, and the usual writ of capias issued for his arrest, returnable to the April term, 1882, under which said Stevens was arrested on March 6,1882, by the marshal, and taken before one of the circuit court com. missioners, when he gave bond in the penal sum of $1,000, with the other defendants herein as his sureties; after which the defendant Stevens was discharged from arrest. The condition of the bond was that the principal defendant…
1Opinion of the CourtHammond, J.
Section 1018 of the Revised Statutes of the United States, under the provisions of which these defendant sureties sought to surrender their principal and relieve themselves from further liability as his bail, provides that—
“Any party charged with a criminal offense and admitted to bail, may, in vacation, be arrested by his bail and delivered to the marshal or his deputy, before any judge or other officer having power to commit for such offense; and at the request of such bail the judge or other officer shall recommit the party so arrested to the custody of the marshal, and indorse on the…
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