Taintor v. Taylor
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Debt on a recognizance entered into by the defendants for the appearance of one McGuire, who was in custody on a charge of theft, before the Superior Court next thereafter to be liolden in-Fairfield County. The present suit was brought to the Superior Court in that county. The defendants were McGuire, the principal in the recognizance, and William E. Taylor and Barnabas Allen, sureties. No service was made on McGuire, who was out of the state.
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Debt on a recognizance entered into by the defendants for the appearance of one McGuire, who was in custody on a charge of theft, before the Superior Court next thereafter to be liolden in-Fairfield County. The present suit was brought to the Superior Court in that county. The defendants were McGuire, the principal in the recognizance, and William E. Taylor and Barnabas Allen, sureties. No service was made on McGuire, who was out of the state. The defendants pleaded a general denial, with notice of certain facts that appear in the finding of the court. The issue was closed to the court, and…
1Opinion of the CourtPark, J.
The defendants claim that the bond in question was void because the principal therein was held without legal authority when it was given, and gave the bond to liberate himself from unlawful imprisonment.
It appears that McGuire, the principal in the bond, was brought before the Superior Court and tried for the crime of theft. The jury failed to agree on a verdict and the cause was continued to the nest term of the court. McGuire was subsequently required to give bonds with surety, and was committed to 'the custody of the sheriff of the county because the order was not complied with. The bond…
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