Bullock v. Commonwealth
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 88 — FORFEITED BAIL-BOND — APPEAL EROM HICKMAN CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Appellant being a marriecl woman could not hind herself by the mere deposit of the money in controversy without the execution of any writing, it being admitted upon demurrer that the money was her separate estate. (Bidwell v. Robinson, 79 Ky., 29; 22 Am. & Eng.
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Case 88 — FORFEITED BAIL-BOND — APPEAL EROM HICKMAN CIRCUIT COURT. 1. Appellant being a marriecl woman could not hind herself by the mere deposit of the money in controversy without the execution of any writing, it being admitted upon demurrer that the money was her separate estate. (Bidwell v. Robinson, 79 Ky., 29; 22 Am. & Eng. Eno. of Law, p. 16; Harris v. Dale, 5 Bush, 61.) 2. The court erred in admitting oral testimony as to the contents of the lost record. 1. No citizen can be deprived of his liberty by an oral judgment. (Const. of Ky., sec. 11.) 2. To lawfully hold a defendant to bail…
1Opinion of the Court
JUDGE GRACE
deliveeed the opinion op the coukt.
This is an appeal by Mrs. Della Bullock from a judgment of the Hickman Circuit Court, forfeiting to the Commonwealth of Kentucky the sum of five hundred dollars, deposited by her in lieu of bail for the appearance of one Thos. Bullock in said court, to answer any indictment that the grand jury might find against him for malicious striking and wounding with a deadly weapon and with intent to kill.
It appears that said Tom Bullock, being in cus*539tody under said charge, was brought before the county judge of said county as an examining officer, and that…
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