In all misdemeanor cases, the judge or court shall direct the clerk of the circuit or criminal court to admit the defendant to bail in a sum prescribed by the judge or court, with sufficient sureties for defendant's appearance at the circuit or criminal court in which judgment was rendered against the defendant, at the next term after the decision of the cause by the supreme court, to answer the judgment of the court.
Code 1858, § 5249 (deriv. Acts 1851-1852, ch. 159, § 3); Shan., § 7224; Code 1932, § 11811; Acts 1981, ch. 449, § 2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 40-3408.