State v. Dunbar
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM TIIE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is a civil proceeding on the part of the state, on a bail bond against the defendant, A. Dunbar, as bail or surety for one John M‘Knight, charged with criminal offences, to recover of him, to the use of the state, the penalty expressed therein, on the alleged ground, that the recognizance or bail 'bond was forfeited, for their non-appearance at court, on the day fixed…
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Eastern Dist. APPEAL FROM TIIE COURT OF THE THIRD JUDICIAL DISTRICT, THE JUDGE OF THE EIGHTH PRESIDING. This is a civil proceeding on the part of the state, on a bail bond against the defendant, A. Dunbar, as bail or surety for one John M‘Knight, charged with criminal offences, to recover of him, to the use of the state, the penalty expressed therein, on the alleged ground, that the recognizance or bail 'bond was forfeited, for their non-appearance at court, on the day fixed in said recognizance, At the May term, 1835, of the District Court, for the parish of West Feliciana, the district…
1Opinion of the Court
.Mathews, J.,
delivered the opinion of the court.
In this case judgment was rendered in favor of the state, on motion of the district attorney, based on a recognizance or *102bail bond, in which M‘Knight was principal and Dunbar security for the appearance of the former at a term specified, to answer to certain criminal charges found against him by indictment. From this judgment the defendant appealed,
Where the ae-cused in acnmi-nal prosecution hnTbaii, after the recognizance was forfeited,, but before final baiftond.'antu ■nolleprosejuien-tered as to the charges against Held, that both…
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