Davis v. South Carolina
Supreme Court of the United States
Error to the Supreme Court of the State of South Carolina. The case is stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Matthews
Lemuel Davis was indicted for the murder of' one Hall in the Court of General Sessions for the County of Spartanburg, in South Carolina, in July, 1876; and, being in custody, it was ordered by the court that he be enlarged on giving bail for his appearance at the next term of* the court, it being required that the bond should contain a condition that it should be forfeited in case tbe prisoner should be ordered beyond the limits of the State by the proper authority of the army of the United States. He entered into a recognizance accordingly, the other plaintiffs in error being his sureties.
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