Hollins v. State

OPINION

DICE, Judge.

This is a bond forfeiture case.

The appellants, C. W. Bennett, Jr., and Bernice Bennett, were sureties upon the appearance bond of Otis Lee Hollins.

The bond, dated July 8, 1966, in the principal sum of $1,500 was conditioned that the principal appear instanter in the Criminal District Court of Harris County to answer the charge of a felony.

On August 23, 1966, indictment was returned against the principal, Hollins, charging him in separate counts with the offenses of felony theft, forgery by endorsement, and passing a forged instrument.

Thereafter, on June 22, 1967, judgment…