Woodall v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal law. Bail. Before Judge Buchanan. Troup Superior Court. May Term, 1873. Two indictments were pending against William L. Woodall and Priscilla Bacon, for adultery and fornication. Bonds for the appearance of the defendants were given, each in the sum of $500 00, with Godfred Kener as security. The defendants failed to appear, and a scire facias was issued in each case, requiring the security to show cause why his bond should not be forfeited.
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Criminal law. Bail. Before Judge Buchanan. Troup Superior Court. May Term, 1873. Two indictments were pending against William L. Woodall and Priscilla Bacon, for adultery and fornication. Bonds for the appearance of the defendants were given, each in the sum of $500 00, with Godfred Kener as security. The defendants failed to appear, and a scire facias was issued in each case, requiring the security to show cause why his bond should not be forfeited. These cases were called late in the evening, and no cause being shown to the contrary, rules absolute were taken. On the succeeding morning, by…
1Opinion of the Court
Trippe, Judge.
When the case was called, which was the last thing done that afternoon, and the court told the solicitor general he could take a judgment of forfeiture, the -security on the bail bond asked- the solicitor “ what he should do,” and he replied to him that “the best thing he could do would be to have the defendants in court as soon as he could get them there, and that he then told him he would not enter the judgment forfeiting the recognizance until the next morning.” No application was made to the court. The security swears, that acting on these statements of the solicitor…
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