State v. Leak

Debt by the State against Leak and others, upon a judgment on a forfeited recognizance. The amount of the judgment was 2,000 dollars.

The defendants pleaded payment, and secondly, as to 1,500 dollars of said judgment, that in March, 1839, William Leak, one of the defendants, was in prison, charged with the murder of one James Carter; that afterwards he was let to bail by one of the associate judges, upon his executing a recognizance, in the sum of 2,000 dollars, with Duignan, Barns, Foster, Wells, and Barns, sureties for his appearance, &c; that he failed to appear and answer to his…