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20 Ala. 63

Williams v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided January 15, 1852

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1852-01-15

Ebrob to the Circuit Court of Macon. Tried before the Hon. E. Pickens. MoSes Daniel was indicted in tbe Circuit Court of Barbour county, for “inveigling, stealing, carrying and enticing away ” a negro slave. On bis motion, tbe venue was changed to tbe county of Macon, and be entered into a recognizance, with plaintiffs in error as bis sureties, to appear and answer tbe charge of negro stealing, before tbe Circuit Court of Macon.

Cited by 2 later decisions — most recently January 1863

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Decided 1852-01-15

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LICIÓN, J.

¶1This case is very fully covered by the decision of this court in the case of The State v. Weaver et. al., 18 Ala. Rep. 293. It was there ruled, that the sufficiency of the indictment can not be brought in question upon a demurrer to the scire facias on a forfeited recognizance. The re-cognizors (except the accused) have no connection with the indictment, and the question of regularity or irregularity, in this respect, is wholly disconnected from their undertaking. They bind themselves that their principal shall appear and answer the charge against him, and if he fail to do so, the condition of their bond is broken, and they become liable for the penalty. A demurrer to the scire facias can reach no further than the recognizance on which the j udgment nisi is founded, and in this case it is not pretended that there is error to be found in the proceedings on the recognizance, but the error assigned relates to the indictment alone.

¶2The plea of nul tiel record is unsustained, and the judgment rendered on it by the court below is free from exception.

¶3Let the judgment of the court below be affirmed.

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