Allen v. Commonwealth
Supreme Court of Virginia
Error to judgment of the judge of the circuit court of Lou-doun county refusing a writ of error to a judgment of the county court of said county, rendered at its December term, 1892, in a proceeding in the name of the Commonwealth of Virginia against Benjamin Allen and others on a scire facias issued from said county court on a recognizance of bail in a criminal case. Opinion states the case.
1Opinion of the CourtHinton, J.
*357At the April term, 1892, of the county court of Loudoun county, Benjamin Allen, one of the appellants, was indicted along with Benjamin Allen, Jr., for a felonious assault upon one Johnson Furr.
At the September term of said court the said Benjamin Allen “appeared,” as the record recites, in obedience to his recognizance and entered into a new recognizance in the sum of $500, with Elizabeth Payne and John Allen, his sureties, in the like sum of $500, conditioned for his personal appearance before the judge of this court on Friday next to answer the charge against him, and not to depart without…
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