People v. Bedford

The state appeals from an order directing the County Treasurer of Cook County to refund moneys paid by the appellee United Bonding Insurance Co. (United) in satisfaction of a scire facias judgment entered on a bail bond forfeiture. The state contends that the court lacked jurisdiction to enter that order. Three other cases presenting the same issue have been consolidated with the instant one.

United was surety on a bond of Farlane Bedford who was a defendant in a criminal case. The case was set for hearing in the criminal branch of the Municipal Court of Chicago (now a division of the Circuit…