116 Ky. 329 | Ky. Ct. App. | 1903
Opinion of the court by
Affirming.
It appears from the record that on the 28th of July, 1902,. J. H. McConnell was police judge of the city of Catlettsburg, Boyd county, Ky.; that on that day he issued a warrant of arrest, directed to the sheriff of Pike county Ky., charging Phillips with a felony, to-wit, obtaining money by false pretenses, and representations; that the offense was committed in the city of Gatlettsburg, and directing the sheriff to arrest him, and bring him to his office in Catlettsburg to answer the charge. The police judge made this indorsement on the warrant: “Defendant may give bond for his appearance to answer the within charge in the sum of $300. J. H. McConnell, P. J. C. C.” The sheriff of Pike county arrested Phillips, and took his bond, with James
The only question to determine is whether or not the police judge had the legal right to indorse bail on this warrant, and whether or not the sheriff had the right to accept bail by yirtufe of such an indorsement. Under section 27 of the-Criminal Code a magistrate in issuing a warrant of arrest shall, in brief, describe the offense, state the county in which it was committed, and command the officer to whom it w-as directed to arrest the person named therein, and bring him before some magistrate of the county in which the offense was -committed, to be dealt with according to the law. This section requires that the person arrested .be brought before the court, but, as modified by the next section, it is left applicable alone to felonies. The next section (No. 28) declares that, if the offense charged be a misdemeanor, the magistrate issuing the warrant shall indorse thereon, the amount of bail to be given by the person charged, and that the bail may be taken by the sheriff of the county where the arrest is made or where the offense was. committed. This bond may also’be taken by a deputy sheriff, or by any constable making the arrest. By the next
Wherefore the judgment is affirmed.