People v. Paproth

The defendant, Melvin Paproth, was charged by indictment filed on March 31, 1971, in the circuit court of Montgomery County, Illinois, with the offense of burglary.

At the arraignment held on the morning of June 22, 1971, the defendant requested a recognizance bond. The court refused the request but stated that if the defendant were able to meet the bond that he would be allowed to leave the state to attend to a personal matter involving the legality of the defendant’s marriage to a 15-year-old girl. The defendant expressed a desire to assist his wife in avoiding being placed in a deténtion…