Barrera's Sureties v. State

The appellants became sureties for Benito Barrera on a bail bond taken by the district judge of the fourteenth judicial district, under a proceeding in habeas corpus. The penalty of the bond was five thousand dollars, and it was dated July 9th, 1868. At the following term of the District Court for Hueces county, the grand jury found an indictment against Barrera, the principal in the bond, charging him with *649an assault with intent to murder, committed on the body of one Jesus ¡Rodriguez. The record does not show that the principal was present at the Fall term of the court, nor does it appear…