Shrader v. State
Texas Supreme Court
Appeal from McLennan. The case was tried before Hon. Thomas Harrison, one of the district judges. The proceeding was upon a forfeited bail .bond, and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court.
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Appeal from McLennan. The case was tried before Hon. Thomas Harrison, one of the district judges. The proceeding was upon a forfeited bail .bond, and the facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The ab initio plea, upon which the opinion principally turned, read as follows: “And answering hereto said Shrader says, that he is not liable to the State of Texas on his bond in this cause, because said officer taking and approving said bond had no power under the law to demand of and from said German and his security, Shrader, that he give said bond, and no power to approve said…
1Opinion of the CourtLindsay, J.
On the 5th of February, 1866, one Grandison F. German was brought before the chief justice of McLennan county by warrant of arrest, issued op the 3d of February, 1866, upon a complaint made against him for the murder of one ÍTewton P. Webb. Upon examination of the charge and hearing all the evidence adduced, the chief justice adjudged that the accused was guilty-of the charge, and that he should execute a bail bond in the pen*388alty of $2,000 for himself and $2,000 for two or more sureties, for his personal appearance at the next term of the district court of that county, (specifying the time…
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