State v. Davidson

BACON, Judge.

This appeal is taken by a bail bondsman from the trial court’s denial of his motion to vacate and set aside a bond forfeiture. The facts are as follows.

One Willard Ford was convicted of second-degree burglary in Oklahoma County and sentenced on May 1, 1973, to serve seven years in the penitentiary. He posted an appeal bond signed by appellant as surety. A condition of the bond was that Ford was not to leave the state without permission of the court. 22 O.S.1971 § 1058.

Ford, without obtaining leave of the court to depart from Oklahoma, was jailed on September 8, 1973, in the state…