Griffin v. United States
District Court, N.D. Georgia
Application by M. Griffin and another for remission of the penalty incurred by forfeiture of a criminal recognizance.
1Opinion of the Court
SIBLEY, District Judge.
This is a motion by sureties to remit in whole or in part the penalty incurred by forfeiture of a criminal recognizance adjudged by rule absolute at a prior term of the court. The facts appearing on the hearing are that the principal, S- B. Smith, made bond and forfeited it; the forfeiture being afterwards relieved. He then made the bond involved here, and forfeited that, so far as appears, willfully, but without the connivance of his sureties. They, on learning of the default, at their own expense, recaptured their principal, pending the rule nisi on the forfeiture,…
2Cases cited6 opinions
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- United States v. RobinsonCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1908
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- United States v. JenkinsCourt of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit · 1909
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