Colquitt v. Bond
Supreme Court of Georgia
Criminal Law. Bonds. Before Judge Brown. Cherokee Superior Court. February Term, 1882. W. W. Holcombe swore out a warrant against Bond, charging in his affidavit that the defendant had “ made a violent assault upon deponent with attempt to murder.” On the trial before the magistrate, the defendant was committed. He at first gave bond, but his sureties subsequently delivered him to the sheriff.
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Criminal Law. Bonds. Before Judge Brown. Cherokee Superior Court. February Term, 1882. W. W. Holcombe swore out a warrant against Bond, charging in his affidavit that the defendant had “ made a violent assault upon deponent with attempt to murder.” On the trial before the magistrate, the defendant was committed. He at first gave bond, but his sureties subsequently delivered him to the sheriff. Not desiring to go to jail, he gave to the sheriff the bond set out in the decision. At that time, no indictment had been' returned against him. An indictment for assault with intent to murder was…
1Opinion of the Court
JACKSON, Chief Justice.
On the issue of the forfeiture by scire facias oí the following bond against .the sureties thereto, submitted by consent to the judgment of the court without the intervention of a jury, judgment was pronounced against the state, to which the solicitor general, in the name'of 'the state, excepted, and the case is before us for for review.
This is the bond :
** Georgia — Cherokee County.
Know all Men by these Presents :
That we, W. L. D. Bond, principal, and J. Mi McAfee and A. B. Coggins, securities, are held and firmly bound unto his excellency, Alfred H. Colquitt, governor…
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