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An Act to amend the laws regulating civil proceedings, and for other purposes. 1839 172 (1839)

handle is hein.slavery/ssactsky0349 and id is 1 raw text is: LAWS OF KENTUCKY. 1840. and with such surety, or sureties, as, in the discretion of said court shall seem right, for his appearance in the Adair Circuit Court, on the first day of the term of said court, next succeed- ing the date of such recognizance ; and in like manner to re- cognize the witnesses in said case, for the Commonwealth, for their appearance in said Adair Circuit Court; and when said change of venue shall have been ordered, as contemplated by this act, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of the Russell Circuit Court forthwith to transmit to the Clerk of the Adair Circuit ,Court, the indictment, and all papers filed therewith, together with a full and complete copy of all orders and recognizances entered of record in said court ; and when the same shall be filed with the Clerk of the Adair Circuit Court, the case shall be placed on the docket of that court for trial ; which court shall, when the venue is changed, and the papers filed in the Clerk's office of said court, as directed by this act, have as full Jurisdiction power and jurisdiction to hear and determine the same, as .given. though the alleged offence had been committed in the county of Adair, and the indictment found in the Circuit Court of said county ; and the said court shall have power to make all such orders, and take such steps to procure the attendance of wit- nesses for the Commonwealth, and for the defendant, as to said court shall seem right; and if it shall so turn out, that said McMillen is not put upon his trial in said court, by reason of any steps by him taken in said case, may require and take from said McMillen, a recognizance for his appearance again in the said Russell Circuit Court, as herein provided; it shall If recogni be the duty of the said Adair Circuit Court to order said Mc- .zances be not Millen to be committed to the jail of said county of Adair; .given, prisoner and that being done, it shall be the duty of the Sheriff of Adair lto be commit- led. tcounty forthwith to cause said McMillen to be conveyed to .the jail of Russell county; and the said McMillen shall there- after be tried in the said Russell Circuit Court, for said alleged offence ; and if the said Adair Circuit Court shall, as herein provided, direct the change to the said Russell Circuit Court, it shall be the duty of the Clerk of said Adair Circuit Court forthwith to transmit the papers in said case, and such orders as may have been made in said court, to the Clerk of the Rus- sell Circuit Court, who shall, on receipt thereof, place said case on the docket of the court, for trial, at the first term of said court next after the papers in said case shall have been receiv- ed by said Clerk. Approved February 12, 1840. CHlAP. 282.-AN ACT to amend the laws regulating civil proceedings, and for other purposes. SEC. 1. Be it enacted by the General Assembly of the Com- monwealth of Kentucky, That suits in courts of law and equity,

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