Hammons v. State
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Escambia. Tried before the Hon. JOHN K. Henry. The defendants, George P. Hammons, W. W. Hammons,. R. E. Hammons, S. L. Lowery, William Owens, and James C. Garrett, on the 10th of July, 1869, entered into an undertaking of bail, conditioned for the appearance of George P. Hammons at the next term of the Circuit Court of Escambia county, to answer the charge of murder. The said Hammons failed to appear.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Escambia. Tried before the Hon. JOHN K. Henry. The defendants, George P. Hammons, W. W. Hammons,. R. E. Hammons, S. L. Lowery, William Owens, and James C. Garrett, on the 10th of July, 1869, entered into an undertaking of bail, conditioned for the appearance of George P. Hammons at the next term of the Circuit Court of Escambia county, to answer the charge of murder. The said Hammons failed to appear. At the fall term, 1875, of the Circuit Court of Escambia county, the State of Alabama,, for the use of Monroe county, instituted a suit against the-■said…
1Opinion of the Court
BRICKELL, C. J.—
1. “Bail signifies a guardian, or keeper, &c. A man bailed is, where any one arrested or in prison, is delivered to others, as his bail, who ought to keep him to be ready to appear at a time assigned, or otherwise to answer for him. And, therefore, the bail may keep the person committed to them in their custody for their indemnity. Or, if he be at large, they may re-seize him and bring him before a justice to find new bail, or to be committed to prison. And this they may do upon a Sunday.”—2 Com. Dig. 3; Cain v. State, 55 Ala. 170. Before the statute, 29 Car. 2, c. 7, all…
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