McGuire v. State

Motion to be discharged from a forfeited recognizance.

Harvey McGuire was indicted for rape in the Owen Circuit Court, and John Me Guire became his bail for his appearance to answer the charge.

At the May term, 1853, of said Court, the recognizance was forfeited, and a scire facias awarded. On the second day of the November term, 1853, the Court, on the motion of John and Harvey Me Guire, quashed the scire facias.

The bill of exceptions states, that Harvey Me Guire appeared, and was ordered by the Court into the custody of the sheriff; that “he answered the indictment, and after *66the same had…