Case Name: State v. Hurlbut
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1784-09
Citations: 1 Root 90
Docket Number: 
Parties: State v. Hurlbut.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 90–90

Head Matter:
HARTFORD COUNTY,
SEPTEMBER TERM, A. D. 1784.
State v. Hurlbut.
Where on a criminal prosecution the defendant is out upon hail,, the court will not receive the verdict, unless he appears.

Opinion:
INFORMATION for counterfeiting money; trial to the jury, and the defendant was out upon bail: The jury returned into, court with their verdict, and the defendant being called did not appear: The question was, tvhether the court would receive the verdict. By the court, the defendant must appear,, or there will be no propriety in receiving the verdict.