People v. Penniman
People v. Penniman
Opinion of the Court
A party arrested upon a bench warrant issued upon an indictment for a bailable offense, which warrant contains an order that the accused be admitted to bail, with the amount of such bail as fixed by the Court from which the warrant issued indorsed thereon by the Clerk of such Court, is entitled to his release from custody upon the execution of a written recognizance, in proper form, in the prescribed sum, by two sureties, and their justification as to qualifications before any magistrate, as prescribed by sections five hundred and seventeen, five hundred and eighteen, and' five hundred and nineteen of our Criminal Practice Act. When such
We are not aware of any statute requiring the magistrate before whom a bail bond is executed and justified, or any other officer, to indorse thereon his approval. Such written indorsement or signified approval is clearly not a prerequisite to the validity of a statutory recognizance or the liability of the sureties. “The justification forms no part of the contract of the sureties, and in no manner affects their liability.” (People v. Shirley, 18 Cal. 121.)
In this case all the requirements of the statute relative to the form and execution of the recognizance and the justification of the sureties seem to have been substantially complied with, and we find no error in the proceedings of the Court below.
Judgment and order affirmed, and remittitur allowed forthwith.
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- THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA v. HIRAM P. PENNIMAN
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- Right of Discharge from Arrest made under Bench Warrant.—A party whc has been indicted for a bailable offense, and is under arrest on a bench warrant, on which an order is indorsed directing the accused to be admitted to bail in a specified sum, is entitled to a discharge from such arrest upon the execution of a written recognizance, in proper form and in the prescribed sum, by two sureties who have justified as to qualifications before a magistrate, as prescribed in sections five hundred and seventeen, five hundred and eighteen, and five hundred and nineteen of the Criminal Practice Act. ' For this purpose, no indorsement of approval on the recognizance is necessary. Idem—When Liability of Sureties Attaches.—The responsibility of sureties to such recognizance attaches the moment the party is so released, and then liability is fixed by a breach of its conditions and a forfeiture declared and entered by the proper Court. The justification forms no part of the contract of the sureties to such recognizance, and in no manner affects their liability.