Patillo v. State

Citations

• 9 Tex. Ct. App. 456

Syllabus

<p>1. Bail-Bonii. —A peace-officer having a warrant for the arrest or commitment of a person under indictment for a bailable felony is authorized, in vacation of the court, to admit him to bail and to fix the amount of the bail-bond, if not previously fixed by competent authority.</p> <p>2. Same. — Surrender of the principad by his sureties relegates him to the custody of the sheriff under the original copias, and no subsequent copias is essential to the legal detention of the prisoner.</p> <p>3. Same. — In taking subsequent bail-bonds, the officer is governed by the same rules which governed him in the first instance, and is in no manner bound by the amount of a previous bond taken on his own authority. Neblett v. The State, 6 Ot. App. 316, and Bamnger v. The State, 27 Texas, 553, contrasted and approved.</p>