Schneider v. Commonwealth

JUDGE BULLITT

delivered the opinion op the court:

In July 1855, one Magerhaus having been arrested upon a justice’s warrant, charged with keeping a gaming table, the appellant became his surety in a bond ior $600, to be void if Magerhaus should appear at the next December term of the Campbell circuit court to answer said charge, and not depart thence without leave of the court.

At said December term, Magerhaus appeared and became bound in a recognizance for $500, with one Pflander as his surety, to appear at the next term, and the cause was continued. In December, 1856, the sheriff arrested…