Fields v. State

Handy, J.:

This was a scire facias issued upon a judgment nisi, &c., upon a forfeited recognizance entered into by one John B. Fields, principal, and the plaintiffs in error, his sureties, conditioned for his appearance at the circuit court to answer an indictment for larceny. The scire facias appears to be regular and in due form on its face, and shows that the recognizance was entered into before the sheriff of the proper county by the ' parties; the day on which the accused was bound to appear in court; his default on being duly called, and the failure of his sureties, on being thereto…