People ex rel. Burnett v. Morstadt

Citations

• 101 Cal. 379
• 35 P. 1007
• 1894 Cal. LEXIS 1043

Syllabus

<p>Criminal Law—Felony—Bail Bond—Forfeiture—Continuance of Examination. —The condition of a hail bond given upon an arrest for felony to appear for examination before a justice’s court is substantially that the defendant will hold himself amenable to the orders of the court, and when the court considers a demurrer to the complaint at the hour set for the examination the further hearing of the demurrer is in effect a continuance of the examination until the argument of the demurrer is concluded; and the bail bond cannot be forfeited for failure of the defendant to present himself until the demurrer is disposed of, or a further order of the court made.</p>