Combs v. People
Illinois Supreme Court
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. On the 25th of September, 1864, William Bostick was recognized before a justice, for an assault with a deadly weapon, to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court of Hancock county, with Samuel R. Combs and others as sureties. The indictment was found at the next term.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Hancock county; the Hon. Joseph Sibley, Judge, presiding. On the 25th of September, 1864, William Bostick was recognized before a justice, for an assault with a deadly weapon, to appear at the next term of the Circuit Court of Hancock county, with Samuel R. Combs and others as sureties. The indictment was found at the next term. Bostick did not appear, and, at that term, Combs and others of the sureties on the former recognizance were recognized, in open court, for the appearance of Bostick to answer said indictment at the March Term. Bostick did not appear in…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Lawrence
At the October Term, 1864, of the Hancock Circuit Court, Bostick as principal, and Combs and Hiler as securities, entered into a joint recognizance for the appearance of Bostick at the March Term, 1865, to answer to an indictment. Bostick failed to appear at said term, and Combs entered alone into another recognizance for the appearance of Bostick at the ensuing May Term. Bostick again failed to appear, was defaulted, and it was ordered that Ms recogniza'nce be forfeited. Combs was not defaulted, nor was his recognizance forfeited. On the 12th of June, 1865, a scire facias issued against…
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