Jacquemine v. State
Mississippi Supreme Court
Error to the circuit court of Issaquena county. Shackleford, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Sheriffs’ authority at common law to take recognizances was limited to binding an offender to keep the peace. 1 Black.
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Error to the circuit court of Issaquena county. Shackleford, J. The facts are fully stated in the opinion of the court. Sheriffs’ authority at common law to take recognizances was limited to binding an offender to keep the peace. 1 Black. Com. 343. The powers of the sheriff at common law are defined by the supreme court of the United States, in South v. State of Maryland, 18 How. 401. His powers in this particular have been extended by statute, but the statute does not reach' such cases as this. Pace v. the State, 25 Miss. 54; 1 Pars. Cont. 495; 2 Black. Com. 341. At common law the sheriff…
1Opinion of the Court
SlMRALL, J. :
To the writ of habeas corpus the sheriff of Washington county made return that he detained Constantine *283Jacquemine in custody in obedience to the mittimus of a justice of the peace of Issaquena county, charging him with killing Peter Rigrone. The chancellor of the fifteenth district, before whom the writ was returnable, proceeded to inquire into the cause of the detention, and having heard the testimony, ordered that the prisoner be enlarged, upon his entering into bond, before the sheriff of Issaquena county, in the penalty of $2,500, with two or more good' sureties, to be…
2Cases cited3 opinions
- Butler v. FosterSupreme Court of Alabama · 1848
- Antonez v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1855
- Pace v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1872
3Cited by5 opinions
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- Gregory v. State ex rel. GudgelIndiana Supreme Court · 1884
- United States v. HudsonDistrict Court, W.D. Arkansas · 1894
- Territory of Oklahoma Ex Rel. Thacker v. WoodringSupreme Court of Oklahoma · 1905
- Luckett v. StateMississippi Supreme Court · 1875