94 Ga. 206 | Ga. | 1894
Dnder the code (§4721), where an arresting officer of any county in the State arrests a person charged with crime, under a warrant issued by a judicial officer of another county, it is “ the duty of such arresting officer
We think the sheriff was right in declining to accept the bond which was tendered him. There is no law authorizing the approval, tender and acceptance of such a bond in a different county from that in which the crime was committed and must be tried. There being no such authority, the tender counts for nothing. Upon this subject see: 2 Am. & Eng. Encyc. of Law, Bail, p. 5; State v. Collins, 19 La. Ann. Rep. 145, 146.
Judgment reversed.