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22 Tex. Ct. App. 64

Roberts v. State

Court of Appeals of Texas

Decided October 23, 1886

Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1886-10-23

W. A. Blackburn. This appeal was prosecuted from a judgment final forfeiting the recognizance of Lon Roberts, bailed under an indictment charging him with the theft of cattle. The amount of the recognizance and judgment was six hundred dollars.

Decided 1886-10-23

White, Presiding Judge.

¶1According to agreed statement of facts as contained in the record, the case here appealed comes directly within the rule announced by our Supreme Court in Peacock v. the State, 44 Texas, 11, and followed by this court in Lindley v. the State, 17 Texas Ct. App., 120, which is that “the sureties on a bail bond or recognizance are relieved from liability by a second arrest and bail or recognizance of their principal on the same indictment.” The judgment is reversed and the prosecution dismisssed.

¶2Reversed and dismissed.

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