Humphries v. State

ENGLISH, C. J.:

At the March term, 1876, of the Circuit Court of Arkansas -county, James W. Collins and David Collins were jointly indicted for stealing a mare.

On the day that the indictment was returned into court by the grand jury (29th March), the presiding judge made the following endorsement upon it:

‘■‘Bail will be received in this case in the sum of $500 each.

“John A. Williams, Judge.”

On the same day a capias was issued by the clerk for the arrest of the parties accused, in the form prescribed by the ■statute (Gantt's Digest, Sec. 1808), upon which the clerk -made the following…