Buffington v. Smith
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Bail. Before Judge Pottle. Hart Superior Court. September Term, 1816. Reported in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Jackson, Judge.
Buffington stood Earle’s security to appear at Hart superior court. Earle failed to appear. Thereupon the solicitor general proceeded by scire facias against Buffington. At the regular trial term, Buffington was not ready for trial, and had no legal ground for continuance. Thereupon the solicitor general granted him a continuance on the terms, in writing, that if Earle did not appear at the next term, Buffington would pay the bond. At the next term Earle did not appear; but Buffington set up the defense that Earle had been indicted in White superior court for a penitentiary…
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