State v. Lambert
West Virginia Supreme Court
Error to Circuit Court, Hancock County. Scire facias upon a recognizance by the State against George Lambert and others. Execution was awarded the state, and Martha B. Grier brings error.
1Opinion of the Court
Brannon, Judge:
This is a scire facias upon a recognizance acknowledged before a justice by Lambert and Grier, conditioned for the appeai'ance of Lambert before a circuit court to answer a charg-e of felony. Execution was awarded to the State upon the recognizance, and Mrs. Grier has sued out this writ of error.
Complaint is made that leave was given to amend the scire facias. It is well settled that a scire facias is amendable, as it operates as a declaration. Fost. Sci. Fa 375, But the point intended to be made by the objection to the amendment is that the scire facias could not be amended to…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. RundlettU.S. Circuit Court for the District of New Hampshire · 1854
- Park v. StateSupreme Court of Georgia · 1848
- United States v. StevensUnited States Circuit Court · 1883
- Brown v. PeopleAppellate Court of Illinois · 1887
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