Court of Appeals of Kentucky, 1819

Commonwealth v. Steele

Commonwealth v. Steele
Court of Appeals of Kentucky · Decided December 7, 1819 · Rowan
9 Ky. 131; 2 A.K. Marsh. 131; 1819 Ky. LEXIS 183

Commonwealth v. Steele

Opinion of the Court

Judge Rowan

delivered the opinion of the court.

In each of the foregoing cases, a scire facias was sued out, upon a recognizance taken by a magistrate in a charge of felony, against the bail, to which scire facias the bail demurred, and the court sustained the demurrer.

The judgment of the court below must be affirmed upon the principle decided in the case of the Commonwealth vs. Madison.

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