State v. Frith
Supreme Court of Louisiana
Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF AVOYELLES, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This case comes up from a judgment on a bail bond against the principal and his two sureties, taken in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars. The defendant, Archibald Frith, was indicted for stabbing with the intent to kill and murder one S. Read, and gave bail in the sum of seven thousand dollars, with two sureties.
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Western Dist. APPEAL FROM THE COURT OF THE SIXTH JUDICIAL DISTRICT, FOR THE PARISH OF AVOYELLES, THE JUDGE OF THE SEVENTH PRESIDING. This case comes up from a judgment on a bail bond against the principal and his two sureties, taken in the penal sum of seven thousand dollars. The defendant, Archibald Frith, was indicted for stabbing with the intent to kill and murder one S. Read, and gave bail in the sum of seven thousand dollars, with two sureties. In entering up the judge’s order requiring bail, it was written seven Hundred dollars, but the sheriff took bail, and the principal, with his two…
1Opinion of the CourtMartin, J.
This is a civil proceeding against sureties on their bail bond. They were regularly called on their recognizance at the proper term of court, and failed to appear. A judgment, ni si, was entered, and a rule taken to show cause why final judgment should not be entered up.
The defendants showed for cause, why judgment should not be entered on their recognizance for the appearance of the principal, who was charged with an assault and stabbing with an intent to commit murder, the following grounds :
Where a bail bond is taken in pursuance of an order of court, the entry on the minutes requiring…
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