Talley v. State

BROOKS, Judge.

This is an appeal from a forfeited recognizance given upon the appeal of a misdemeanor conviction in the County Court of Gonzales. County, to this court".

Appellant’s first assignment of error is: “The court erred in sustaining the State’s exception to the answer of defendants, and in entering final judgment upon the forfeited recognizance; the said answer showing a complete defense to said forfeiture, in that it alleged the surrender by the sureties of the principal in said forfeited recognizance, into the actual custody of the sheriff of Gonzales County, prior to the forfeiture…