United States v. Reyes
District Court, D. Puerto Rico
The jury having found defendant guilty, and the court having fixed a day for pronouncing judgment, the defendant failed to appear. Held, that as the bond provided that the accused should appear whenever called upon to answer the indictment, and should abide by the orders of the court until final adjudication, his sureties were bound to pay the amount of the bond.
1Opinion of the Court
Eodey, Judge,
delivered the following opinion:
This matter is before us on a motion of the sureties on an *300appearance bond to quash the execution issued against them ok a forfeiture of the bond, because of the disapperaance of the defendant after a verdict of guilty against him, and before-sentence was pronounced.
Counsel for the defendant filed a carefully prepared brief before us in the premises, to which we have given our best attention. This brief was fully replied to by the United States, attorney, who also filed a carefully prepared brief in that behalf,, to which we have, in like manner,…
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- United States v. KeiverU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Western Wisconsin · 1893
- United States v. CaseU.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York · 1871
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