Jones v. Gordon
Supreme Court of Georgia
Bail-bonds. Jurisdiction. Before Judge Jenkins. Baldwin superior court. July term, 1888. A warrant for the arrest of one Smith on a charge of burglary committed in Baldwin county, was issued by a justice of the peace in Hancock county, who took a joint and several bond for his appearance at Baldwin superior court, signed by him, the plaintiff in error, and two others.
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Bail-bonds. Jurisdiction. Before Judge Jenkins. Baldwin superior court. July term, 1888. A warrant for the arrest of one Smith on a charge of burglary committed in Baldwin county, was issued by a justice of the peace in Hancock county, who took a joint and several bond for his appearance at Baldwin superior court, signed by him, the plaintiff in error, and two others. The prisoner did not appear when the case was called for trial in that court, and a rule nisi for forfeiture of the recognizance was issued and served on Jones, who answered that the rule should not be made absolute against him,…
1Opinion of the Court
Simmons, Justice.
The only point insisted on before us for a reversal of the judgment of the court below was, the fact that the bail-bond was taken before a magistrate in a different county from that in which the crime was committed, the plaintiff in error contending that the magistrate who took' the bond from the defendant and his securities, had no jurisdiction.
Conceding that the magistrate had no jurisdiction in the case, the defendant, made no question as to this at the time the bond was taken, but voluntarily gave it, and thereby was released from custody. If the trial had before the…
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