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49 Ala. 380

Hendon v. State

Supreme Court of Alabama

Decided June 15, 1873

Supreme Court of Alabama · decided 1873-06-15

Tried before the Hon. Geo. H. Craig. The following are the assignments of error in this case : — “ 1. The bail-bond was not executed according to law, and the judgment thereon is erroneous. •“ 2. The bail-bond was not signed by the principal defendant, nor was it attested by witnesses, and the judgment thereon is error. “ 3.

Relies on Richardson v. State

Decided 1873-06-15

B. F. SAFFOLD, J.

¶1— The appeal is from a final judgment on a forfeited undertaking of bail. There is no bill of exceptions. It seems that upon a return of a sci. fa. executed on the sureties, and “ not found ” as to the principal, the court rendered judgment final against those served. Afterwards, at the same term, this judgment was set aside; but the clerk omitted to enter up either the judgment final, or the order setting it aside. One of the errors assigned is the refusal of the court to require the clerk to enter the matters thus omitted. We cannot see how the appellants are prejudiced by such refusal or failure to complete the record.

¶2The undertaking of bail is set out in the transcript, but it does not appear how it gets a place there. It is not a part of the record, unless made so by bill of exceptions or plea. Richardson v. The State, 31 Ala. 347. Nevertheless, it is not amiss to say that the omission of the words “ a criminal prosecution for,” the undertaking being otherwise in conformity with the form prescribed (B. C. § 4239), does not constitute a substantial variance. The names of those subscribing it are signed to it, because one is signed in writing by himself, and the other two by mark, with their names written near, and attested by one who wrote his own name as a witness. B. O. § 1.

¶3The judgment is affirmed.

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