37 Cal. 271 | Cal. | 1869
A party arrested upon a bench warrant issued upon an indictment for a bailable offense, which warrant contains an order that the accused be admitted to bail, with the amount of such bail as fixed by the Court from which the warrant issued indorsed thereon by the Clerk of such Court, is entitled to his release from custody upon the execution of a written recognizance, in proper form, in the prescribed sum, by two sureties, and their justification as to qualifications before any magistrate, as prescribed by sections five hundred and seventeen, five hundred and eighteen, and' five hundred and nineteen of our Criminal Practice Act. When such
We are not aware of any statute requiring the magistrate before whom a bail bond is executed and justified, or any other officer, to indorse thereon his approval. Such written indorsement or signified approval is clearly not a prerequisite to the validity of a statutory recognizance or the liability of the sureties. “The justification forms no part of the contract of the sureties, and in no manner affects their liability.” (People v. Shirley, 18 Cal. 121.)
In this case all the requirements of the statute relative to the form and execution of the recognizance and the justification of the sureties seem to have been substantially complied with, and we find no error in the proceedings of the Court below.
Judgment and order affirmed, and remittitur allowed forthwith.