Douthit v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
In error from the circuit court of Monroe County. Hon. FeaNk M. Rogers, Judge. Tbe plaintiff in error, as bail for one Richard B. Doutbit, entered into a recognizance, conditioned for tbe appearance of said Richard B. Doutbit, at tbe term of tbe court, as prescribed by law, to answer an indictment against him for larceny. The said Richard B. Douthit made default; and judgment nisi was rendered against him and the plaintiff in error, his bail.
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In error from the circuit court of Monroe County. Hon. FeaNk M. Rogers, Judge. Tbe plaintiff in error, as bail for one Richard B. Doutbit, entered into a recognizance, conditioned for tbe appearance of said Richard B. Doutbit, at tbe term of tbe court, as prescribed by law, to answer an indictment against him for larceny. The said Richard B. Douthit made default; and judgment nisi was rendered against him and the plaintiff in error, his bail. The judgment nisi, against tbe plaintiff in error, recites, that it was for his default in not bringing into court tbe body of John ~W. Doutbit. A scire…
1Opinion of the Court
Handy, J.:
Of the various errors assigned in this cause, we consider it necessary to decide upon but one.
The judgment nisi against the plaintiff in error, appears by *810the record to have been rendered against him in consequence of his failure to bring into court the , body of one John W. Dou-thit, for whom he had become bail upon recognizance, and who had been charged with a felony. The scire facias issued upon this judgment, recites and shows that the plaintiff in error had become bound to bring into court the body of one Richard B. Douthit, and on his failure to do so, that the judgment sought…
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