FOR RELIEF OF MRS. A. M. SMITH, S.H. ZIPPERER AND JOHN LANE.
No. 2.
A Resolution to relieve Mrs. A. M. Smith, S. H. Zipperer and John Lane, securities upon the bail bond of Victor Smith.
- Whereas, Mrs. A. M. Smith, S. H. Zipperer and John Lane did, on December 14, 1898, enter into a bond as sureties and bail for Victor Smith for his appearance at the city court of Valdosta, in the county of Lowndes, to answer to and abide the final judgment of the court upon a motion for a new trial in the case of the State against Victor Smith for the offense of misdemeanor, then and there pending, which bond was for the penal sum of $100.00; and
- Whereas, The bond so given and entered into was, at the March term, 1900, of the city court of Valdosta, finally forfeited for the failure of the said Victor Smith to abide the final order of the court on said motion for a new trial by the payment of the fine previously imposed or surrendering himself to the sheriff: and
- Whereas, Judgment and execution was therenpon issued against the said Mrs. A. M. Smith, S. H. Zipperer and John Lane; and
- Whereas, Subsequent to the rendition of said judgment and fi. fa. the said Victor Smith has been apprehended and delivered over to the sheriff of Lowndes county, and by said sheriff delivered to the chain-gang authorities of said county; and
- Whereas, Subsequent to the said delivery of the said Victor Smith to the chain-gang authorities, as above stated, the Prison Commission of the State of Georgia recommended and ordered that the sentence of the said Victor Smith be commuted to the payment of a fine of $35.00; and
- Whereas, The Governor of the State of Georgia ordered and directed that the said Victor Smith be released upon the payment of the said fine of $35.00; and
- Whereas, The said fine has been paid by the said Victor Smith, and he has been released from custody; therefore, be it
- Resolved by the General Assembly of the State of Georgia. That the said Mrs. A. M. Smith, S. H. Zipperer and John Lane, sureties for said Victor Smith, be, and they are, hereby relieved from any and all further liability upon said bail bond, judgment and fi. fa. issued thereon, and the officers of the city court of Valdosta are hereby authorized and directed to have said fi. fa. entered, satisfied and cancelled, and to have the same so entered upon the execution docket of said court.
Approved December 3, 1900.
[Source: "Acts passed by the General Assembly of Georgia", 1900. Transcribed by K. Torp]

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