Lee v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the Circuit Court of Kemper County. Hon. Bobert Leachmak, Judge. The facts in this case are very brief, and sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. J. S. Hamm, for plaintiff in error, cited and commented on the following authorities: People v. Harrington, 42 Cal., 165; 10 Am. Bep., 296-298. O. K Harris, Attorney General, for the state, cited and commented on same authorities and Bev. Code of 1871, § 2791.
1Opinion of the Court
Tarbell, J,
delivered the opinion of the court.
Bob Bester, being indicted for burglary, was released on bail, the plaintiffs in error becoming his sureties. He appeared for trial, during which he escaped; whereupon the cause was withdrawn from the jury and continued. At the succeeding term the accused and his sureties were formally called. As an excuse for not producing the body of the accused, his sureties filed a plea averring that pending the trial the accused was in the custody of the court, or of the law, and that he escaped through the fault of the officers of the state, and not of his…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People v. HarringtonCalifornia Supreme Court · 1871
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