Gray v. State

Plaintiff in error, herein- called defendant, gave bond to appear at the February term, 1928, and answer an indictment for manufacturing intoxicating liquors. The punishment for that offense is ninety days imprisonment and a $250 fine.

The defendant did not appear and was not represented by counsel. It appears from the record that after executing the appearance bond he, with his family, went to Alabama, where he was engaged in logging or timber operations, and his failure to appear and answer the charge was caused by the serious illness of a member of his family. This fact, .it appears from an…