State v. Williford
Supreme Court of Arkansas
APPEAL from Washington Circuit Court. Hon. J. H. Berry, Circuit Judge. State not bound by general words in a statute. 32 Ark., 51; 14 Peters, 315; 8 Bush, 225; 4 Com., 143; 41 N. PL., 238; 54 Ga., 36; 28 Miss., 753; 8 Phil.
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APPEAL from Washington Circuit Court. Hon. J. H. Berry, Circuit Judge. State not bound by general words in a statute. 32 Ark., 51; 14 Peters, 315; 8 Bush, 225; 4 Com., 143; 41 N. PL., 238; 54 Ga., 36; 28 Miss., 753; 8 Phil. (Pa.), 366. Error to render judgment against the state for costs. 7 Predell, 50. State v. Kinne, 41 N. PL., 238, discusses and settles this question ; 5 How., 29 ; 2 Wheat, 395 ; 3 Grouch, 73 ; 12 Wheat, 546. State, in many cases, bound by general statutes. 1 Black. Com., 261; Bacon’s Abridgment, Title “ Prerogative Brown’s Legal Maxims, 73,. 75 ; 1 Kent Com., 460; Com.…
1Opinion of the CourtEnglish, C. J.
It appears from the transcript of the record in this case, that on the eighth of .December, 1877, one William Williford was in custody before a justice of the peace of Washington county, charged with forgery and grand larceny, and was admitted to bail by the sheriff, under an order of the magistrate, in the penal sum of $500 for his appearance for examination on the tenth of the same month, and Elizabeth Williford and John Eletcher became his sureties in the bail-bond. That he failed to appear according to the condition of the bond, and there was a forfeiture.
That suit was brought on the…
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