State v. Hughes

The question to be resolved is whether appellants should be discharged from liability on this bail bond under the circumstances of the instant case. Appellants contend that in causing Hughes’ arrest and incarceration in Chicago, so that he could be extradited to Ohio, they had done everything within their capability to produce Hughes in court and thus should be exonerated from their obligation on the bond. The subsequent act of the Cook County court in freeing Hughes on bond was, appellants claim, an act which relieved them from responsibility on their bond.

We are not persuaded, however, that…