Page:1862-63 Territory of Dakota Session Laws.pdf/101

From Wikisource
Jump to navigation Jump to search
This page has been proofread, but needs to be validated.
92
CRIMINAL CODE.

sureties, in a reasonable sum, to appear before such court, or magistrate at a future day, allowing a reasonable time to obtain the warrant of the executive, and to abide the order of he court or magistrate; and if such person shall not so recognize he shall be committed to prison, and be there detained until such day, in like manner as if the offense charged had been committed within this territory; and if the person so recognizing shall fail to appear according to the condition of his recognizance, he shall be defaulted, and the like proceedings shall be had, as in the case of other recognizances entered into before such court or magistrate; but if such person be charged with a capital crime, he shall be committed to prison, and there detained until the day so appointed for his appearance before the court or magistrate.

Sec. 5. If the person so recognized or committed shall appear before the court or magistrate upon the day ordered, he shall be discharged, unless he be demanded by some persons authorized by the warrant of the executive to receive him, or unless the court or magistrate shall see cause to commit him, or to require him to recognize anew, for his appearance at some other day, and if, when ordered, he shall not so recognize, he shall be committed and detained as before provided; whether the person so discharged shall be recognized, committed, or discharged, any person authorized by the warrant of the executive, may at all times, take him into custody, and the same shall be a discharge of the recognizance, if any, and shall not be deemed an ascape.

Sec. 6. The complainant in such case shall be answerable for the actual costs and charges, and for the support in prison, of any person so committed, and shall advance to the jailor one week's board, at the time of commitment, and so from week to week, so long as such person shall remain in jail, and if he fail so to do, the jailor may forthwith discharge such person from his custody.