Court of Appeals of Georgia September 29, 1955, 35874 (Arnold v. State)

Carlisle, J.

By the act of 1943 (Ga. L. 1943, p. 282), Code § 27-904, which deals with bail surrendering the principal in criminal cases, was amended to provide: “the court shall, after final judgment, relieve the sureties of the penalty of the bond upon surrender of the principal and payment of the costs”; and where, after final judgment in a bond-forfeiture proceeding, the sureties move to be