Vaughn v. Commonwealth

MONTGOMERY, Judge.

One John Montgomery was convicted in the Monroe Circuit Court on the charge of storehouse breaking. Pending an appeal he was allowed bail in the sum of $2,500, with appellants Chester Vaughn and Glenn Scott as sureties. His appeal was dismissed. Upon failure of Montgomery to render himself amenable to the orders and process of the Monroe Circuit Court, appellants were summoned to appear therein on January 29, 1964, to show cause why judgment of forfeiture should not be entered.

Appellants moved that they be exonerated from the forfeiture on the ground that John Montgomery had…