People v. Perdue

Citations

• 48 Cal. 552
• 1874 Cal. LEXIS 195

Syllabus

<p>Bail Afteb Judgment in Ceiminal Case.—The fact that a prisoner has been convicted of the crime of manslaughter, and sentenced, does not, in law, afford a reason why the District Judge should refuse to entertain an application to admit him to bail, pending the appeal.</p> <p>Idem.—It is a matter of discretion, whether a prisoner, who has been convicted of manslaughter, and sentenced, should be admitted to bail pending an appeal taken by him.</p> <p>To-whom Application fob Bail should be Made.—In practice, the power to admit a prisoner to bail, pending an appeal taken by him, ought not to' be exercised by the Supreme Court in the first instance, nor until after the determination upon its merits, of an application for bail, before the Judge who tried the cause.</p>