Case ID: ky-op_4/html/0610-01.html
Source: Caselaw Access Project
Author: {"author": "Chief Justice Pryor:", "license": "Public Domain", "url": "https://static.case.law/"}
Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

J. R. Botts et al. v. Commonwealth.
    Indictment — Filing Away, Not Dismissal.
    Tlie mere filing away of an indictment is not a dismissal of the prosecution.
    Arrest — Bondsman May Make. '
    After an indictment is filed away the bondman of of the defendant may cause his arrest and delivery to the jailer.
    APPEAL PROM -CARTER CIRCUIT COURT.
    December 6, 1871.
   Opinion op ti-ie Court by

Chief Justice Pryor:

The demurrers to the original and amended answers were properly sustained.

The mere filing away of the indictment was not a dismissal of the prosecution against Young. His bondsmen might at any time thereafter arrest him and deliver him to the jailer of Garter county in tbe manner prescribed by tbe Criminal Code of Practice.

No attorneys given.

Judgment affirmed.