Clark, Logan
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
STATE OF ILLINOIS,
WILLIAMSON COUNTY,
No. 1 | PRESENT, Hon. George W. Young Judge, | |||
The People of the State of Illinois | W. H. Eubanks Clerk, | |||
vs | Indictment for | J. H. Duncan Sheriff, | ||
Logan Clark | Gaming | And J. W. Hartwell State's Attorney. | ||
Attest, W. H. Eubanks Clerk |
WHEREAS, at the October Term, A. D. 1876, of the Circuit Court
of Williamson County, in the State of Illinois, an Indictment for gaming
against Logan Clark was by the Grand Jury of said county duly returned into
Open Court, on which indictment the bail was afterward fixed by said court
at the sum of one Hundred; Which said indictment then and there was by the
said circuit court ordered to be certified to the county Court of said county
for process and trial on towit the 11th day of March 1876 was done accordingly
where by the same there and then became a matter of record in said county
court. AND WHEREAS, afterward, in pursuance of said indictment, before W.
D. Seeber Sheriff of Williamson County , to wit: On the 28th day of February
1879, the said Logan Clark made his recognizance in the sum of one Hundred
Dollars for his appearance at the County Court of said County, on the first
day of March Term, 1879, thereof, to answer to said Indictment, which recognizance
was then and there approved and certified by said Sheriff, and was afterward
filed in said County Court, whereby it became a matter of record therein;
AND WHEREAS, the day is now come when by said recognizance the said Logan
Clark is bound to appear: Now come the People, by J. W. Hartwell, the State's
Attorney, and the said Defendant, being three times solemnly called, comes
not, nor anyone for him, but makes default; and C. M. Clark security for
the said Logan Clark in said recognizance being (blank) also now three times
solemnly called that he produce the body of the said Defendant , and he also
failing therein, thereupon IT IS ORDERED BY THE COURT that the default of
the said Defendant and of his security be entered of record, and that a scire
facias issue herein against said Logan Clark & C. M. Clark returnable
to the next term of this Court, requiring the said defendant and his security
then and there to appear and show cause why the People should not have judgment
and execution upon their said recognizance, according to the form, force and
effect thereof. Ordered also that a capias issue for the body of said Defendant,
returnable to the next term of this Court and that said Scire Facias and
capias be directed to the sheriff of Franklin County Illinois to execute.