Coleman v. State
Supreme Court of Georgia
Conviction of manslaughter. Before Judge Daley. Emanuel superior court. November 15, 1904. At the April term, 1902, of Bulloch superior court, John Griffin was indicted for aiding Oglesby to escape from jail. Griffin gave bail, with Collins as surety. Griffin having failed to answer, the bond was forfeited. R. E. Collins, the son of the surety on the bond, called on the officers to have Griffin arrested, it appearing that at the time he was in the county.
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Conviction of manslaughter. Before Judge Daley. Emanuel superior court. November 15, 1904. At the April term, 1902, of Bulloch superior court, John Griffin was indicted for aiding Oglesby to escape from jail. Griffin gave bail, with Collins as surety. Griffin having failed to answer, the bond was forfeited. R. E. Collins, the son of the surety on the bond, called on the officers to have Griffin arrested, it appearing that at the time he was in the county. According to the testimony for the defendant, the officer stated that he° could not attempt to make the arrest just at that time, but…
1Opinion of the CourtLamar, J.
(After stating the- foregoing facts.) 1-2. Where one accused of crime is released on bond, he is transferred from the custody of the sheriff to the legal, but friendly, custody of the bail, whose “ dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment,” but they may at will surrender him again to the custody of the law. If the accused refuses to surrender, the bail can seize and-hold him in order to make delivery in discharge of the bond. But the surety may be a woman, or a- man physically too weak to cope with the accused; or the person charged with the crime may be at a distant point, and…
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