State v. Grant
Supreme Court of Missouri
Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — Ron. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The sheriff had no authority or power to take or accept the recognizance, nor to fix the- amount thereof, the charge being a felony, and the prisoner being held under a commitment issued by a justice of the peace, the commitment not having specified thereon the amount of bail required.
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Appeal from Marion Circuit Court. — Ron. William T. Ragland, Judge. (1) The sheriff had no authority or power to take or accept the recognizance, nor to fix the- amount thereof, the charge being a felony, and the prisoner being held under a commitment issued by a justice of the peace, the commitment not having specified thereon the amount of bail required. Sec. 5126, R. S. 1909; State v. Holt, 234 Mo. 598; State v. Crosswhite, 195 Mo. 1. (2) A bond or recognizance taken in a criminal case, before an unauthorized person, has no savor of validity about it. State v. Randolph, 26 Mo. 213; State…
1Opinion of the CourtBrown, J.
By the circuit court of Marion county the defendants were adjudged to pay $500 to the plaintiff on a forfeited recognizance, from which judgment they appeal.
On July 11, 1911, one Burley Grant was arrested and brought before D. A. Brown, a justice of the peace of Marion county, charged in an information by the prosecuting attorney of said -county with a felony. Grant pleaded guilty to the charge. The justice thereupon, by an entry in bis docket, fixed the bond of said Grant at $500 for bis appearance before the circuit-court of Marion county to further answer to said information. The said…
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