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8 Ky. Op. 730

Commonwealth v. Turrell

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided September 7, 1876

Court of Appeals of Kentucky · decided 1876-09-07

<p>Recognizance Bond — Validity.</p> <p>Where a recognizance bond does not show that the principal therein was in custody charged with a public offense, it fails to show any consideration for its execution and is invalid.</p> <p>Consideration.</p> <p>A recognizance bond, unlike ordinary contracts, does not import a consideration.</p>

Decided 1876-09-07

¶1Opinion by

Judge Cofer :

¶2As decided at the-present term in Commonwealth v. Newton, the circuit court had no jurisdiction of this case; but as the bond made the foundation of the proceeding is invalid, the commonwealth has not been prejudiced by the judgment appealed from.

¶3The bond does not show that the principal therein was in custody charged with a public offense, and therefore fails to show any consideration for its execution. The bond does not, like ordinary written contracts, import a consideration. Criminal Code, Sec. 8o.

¶4Judgment affirmed.

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