Bridges v. State

Willis Bridges was indicted by a grand jury of Covington county for exhibiting a deadly weapon in a rude, angry,- and threatening manner. At the October term, 1847, of the circuit court of said county, he entered into a recognizance, giving the plaintiff in error, as security for his appearance to the April term, 1848, of said court. At the November term, 1848, of said court, *154the accused failing to appear, judgment nisi was entered against him and his bail, scire facias ordered, &c. The scire facias, after reciting the recognizance entered into, proceeds as follows: “And whereas the said…