Commonwealth v. Watts
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 73 — FORFEITED BAIL BOND APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT. l.The proceedings contemplated by sections 22 and 23 of article 1, chapter 47, of the General Statutes, are not of that character' which the Criminal Code was intended to repeal, or in anywise affect. They are meant for special offenses, and are intended to be auxiliary to the general cause of criminal procedure.
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Case 73 — FORFEITED BAIL BOND APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON CIRCUIT COURT. l.The proceedings contemplated by sections 22 and 23 of article 1, chapter 47, of the General Statutes, are not of that character' which the Criminal Code was intended to repeal, or in anywise affect. They are meant for special offenses, and are intended to be auxiliary to the general cause of criminal procedure. The statute of “ Crimes and Punishments ” is full of such provisional, auxiliary proceedings intended to aid the execution of penal laws in particular cases. (Criminal Code, sections 1, 2 and 3; Gen. Stats., chap. 29,…
1Opinion of the Court
■JUDGE LEWIS
DELIVERED THE OPINION OP THE COURT.
August 29, 1885, the judge of the Louisville Law and Equity Court issued a warrant directed to the proper ■officer commanding him to enter and to search a house therein described for the detection of certain gaming tables and implements used for gambling, also described, and to seize and bring the same, and likewise the bodies of Wetzel and Jenkins, before him, to be disposed of and dealt .with according to law. The sheriff, to whom the warrant was delivered, made a return thereon that he had executed it by arresting Wetzel, who gave bond for his…
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