Case Name: Commonwealth v. J. R. Barents
Court: Kentucky Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: Kentucky
Decision Date: 1881-12-01
Citations: 11 Ky. Op. 353
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth v. J. R. Barents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Kentucky Opinions, containing the unreported opinions of the Court of Appeals
Volume: 11
Pages: 353–354

Head Matter:
Commonwealth v. J. R. Barents.
[Abstract Kentucky Law Reporter, Vol. 3-466.]
Forfeiture When No Bond.
When there is no bond in the circuit court nor any minutes from an examining court filed in the circuit court, no forfeiture on a bond can be decreed.
APPEAL FROM CLINTON CIRCUIT COURT.
December 1, 1881.

Opinion:
Opinion by
Judge Pryor:
The demurrer to the entire proceeding in this case was properly sustained for the reason, if no other, that the forfeiture was had when there was no bond in the circuit court, nor any minutes from an examining court filed in the circuit court when the judgment was entered that a bail bond was executed.
P. W. Hardin, S. M. Payton, for appellant.
Sandige & Craddock, for appellee.
It was a forfeiture by the court alone. No bond had been executed. Morgan v. Commonwealth, 12 Bush (Ky.) 84.
Judgment affirmed. Judge Lewis not sitting.