Clendennen v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. ““No bail bond or bail recognizance shall be deemed to be invalid by reason of any variance between its stipulations and the provisions of this Code, nor by the failure of the magistrate or officer to transmit or deliver the same at the times, herein provided, nor by any other irregularity, provided it be made to appear that the defendant was legally in custody, charged with a public offense, and that he was discharged by reason of the giving of the bond or recognizance, and provided it can be ascertained from the bond or recognizance that the bail undertook that the defendant should appear before a magistrate for the examination of the charge, or before a court for the trial thereof.” e”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Scearce v. Commonwealth