Hartley v. Colquitt
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Bonds. Principal and Surety. Before Judge Willis. Taylor Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. This was a scire facias to forfeit a criminal recognizance. In answer to the rule nisi, the sureties set up the following facts: A. N. West was arrested on a warrant for assault with intent to murder, and Hartley, Hines and Bateman became the sureties on his bond for $200.00 for his appearance at the October term, 1882, of Taylor superior court.
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Criminal Law. Bonds. Principal and Surety. Before Judge Willis. Taylor Superior Court. October Adjourned Term, 1883. This was a scire facias to forfeit a criminal recognizance. In answer to the rule nisi, the sureties set up the following facts: A. N. West was arrested on a warrant for assault with intent to murder, and Hartley, Hines and Bateman became the sureties on his bond for $200.00 for his appearance at the October term, 1882, of Taylor superior court. After he gave this bond, he was again arrested on another warrant by the sheriff of Taylor county, and for another offense, was bound…
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Chief Justice.
This case was decided at the last term, and the principle then ruled covers it now.* It is true that the cause now shown adds that the sureties on the second criminal charge advised and directed the defendant to flee the country; but that fact, while it makes them more guilty of violating law, and responsible on their own recognizance, does not release these plaintiffs in error as sureties on another recognizance for a different offense. Nor does it matter that the sheriff arrested defendant on a different charge while in their custody as bail under this charge. In…
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- West v. ColquittSupreme Court of Georgia · 1883
- Horton v. HicksSupreme Court of Georgia · 1859
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