PERKINS v. COMMONWEALTH


352 S.W.2d 551 (1961)

H. H. PERKINS, Appellant, v. COMMONWEALTH of Kentucky, Appellee.

Court of Appeals of Kentucky.

Rehearing Denied January 26, 1962.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Joe S. Feather, R. L. Brown, Williamsburg, for appellant.

John B. Breckinridge, Atty. Gen., Pleas E. Jones, Commonwealth Atty., Williamsburg, for appellee.


CLAY, Commissioner.

This appeal was allowed on motion and it involves the liability of a surety on an appeal bond executed after the conviction of one Durham for grand larceny.

The penal sum of the bond was $2,000. In form it was a bail bond as designated in section 82 of the Criminal Code of Practice, which is normally executed by a defendant, charged with a crime, before trial. However, there is an interlineation of "the Court of Appeals", indicating the...

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