Jacquemine v. State

Citations

• 48 Miss. 280

Syllabus

<p>1. Criminal procedure — bail.—A prisoner, arrested for murder, was refused bail and committed. On habeas corpus trial tlie sheriff was ordered to take bail, with sureties, subject to his approval, in the sum of $2,500. The prisoner made default, and forfeiture was taken against his sureties. On error, it was held that the order to the sheriff, to take the bail and approve the sureties in such a case, was without authority of law, and the forfeiture reversed.</p>