FIXING BAIL. Rendering absolute the liability of special bail.
The bail are fixed upon the issue of a ca. sa. (capias ad satisfaciendum) against the de fendant ; Broader v. Welsh, 2 N. & McC. 569 ; Gillespie v. White, 16 Johns. (N. Y.) 117 ; Drake v. Cochrane, 18 N. J. L. 9 ; and a re turn of non est thereto by the sheriff ; Col lins v. Cook, 4 Day (Conn.) 1; Saunders v. Bobo, 2 Bail. (S. C.) 492 ; Rosenberg v. Mc Kain, 3 Rich. (S. C.) 145 ; Howe v. Ranson, 1 Vt. 276 ; Branch v. Webb, 7 Leigh (Va.) 371; made on the return-day ; Rowland v. Sey mour, 2 Mete. (Mass.) 590 ; Ancrum v. Sloan, 1 Rich. (S. C.) 421; unless the defendant be surrendered within the time gra tia by the practice of the court ; Edwards v. Gunn, 3 Conn. 316 ; McClurg v. Bowers, 9 S. & R. (Pa.) 24 ; Brownelow v. Forbes, 2 Johns. (N. Y.) 101; Dick v. Stoker, 12 N. C. 91; Dun bar v. Conway, 11 Gill & J. (Md.) 92; Allen v. Breslauer, 8 Cal. 552 ; Shannon v. Hyde, 17 Ga. 88.
In New Hampshire ; Hamilton v. Dunklee, 1 N. H. 172; Massachusetts ; Champion v. Noyes, 2 Mass. 485 ; Missouri ; State v. Mill
saps, 69 Mo. 359 ; Tennessee ; White v. State, 5 Yerg. 183 ; and Texas ; Pearson v. State, 7 Tex. App. 279 ; bail is not fixed till judg ment on a set fa. is obtained against them, except on the death of the defendant after a return of non est to an execution against him.
The death of the defendant after a return of non est by the sheriff prevents a surren der, and fixes the bail inevitably ; Boggs v. Teackle, 5 Binn. (Pa.) 332 ; Olcott v. Lilly, 4 Johns. (N. Y.) 407 ; Gordon v. Liepman's Adm'r, 3 McCord (S. C.) 49 ; Bradford v. Earle, 4 Pick. (Mass.) 120 ; Goodwin v. Smith, 4 N. H. 29 ; Davidson v. Taylor, 12 Wheat. (U. S.) 604, 6 L. Ed. 743. See White'S Ex'rs v. Cummins, 1 Ov. (Tenn.) 224; Bank of Mt. Pleasant v. Pollock's Adm'rs, 1 Ohio 35 ; Grif fin v. Moore, 2 Ga. 331.
In Georgia and North Carolina, bail are not fixed till judgment is obtained against them ; Granberry v. Pool, 14 N. C. 155 ; Rich v. Colquitt, 61 Ga. 197. See BAIL.