Slaten v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
The judgment sought to be reversed by this writ of error, was rendered at the April term, 1858, of the Jersey Circuit Court, by Woodson, Judge.
1Opinion of the CourtBreese, J.
On the first day of September, 1857, one John Morain being charged with larceny, and examined before a justice of the peace of Jersey county, entered into a recognizance, with Slaten and Piggott his sureties, in the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars, for his appearance at the next term of the Jersey Circuit Court, to answer any indictment that might be found against him on said charge.
At the next term of that court, Morain defaulted, and his sureties were called to bring in their principal in discharge of their recognizance, and they made default; a forfeiture of their recognizance was…
2Cited by2 opinions
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