Van Gilder v. City of Denver

These parties appear here in the same order as in the trial court. They are hereinafter referred to as plaintiff and the city, respectively.

This action was by a surety to recover the amount paid on a forfeited criminal recognizance. In October, 1922, an information was filed in the Denver district court charging certain persons, including Roy Coyne, with criminal conspiracy. As per order Coyne gave his personal recognizance in the sum of $2,000. He absconded, was retaken, and his bond raised to $10,000, conditioned on his appearance September 17, 1923, and “from day to day and term to term…