People v. Surety Insurance

Opinion

THOMPSON, J. *

The defendant, Surety Insurance Company, appeals from a judgment decreeing the forfeiture of two bail bonds in the aggregate of $25,000 issued by the defendant for the appearance of one Melvin Liel.

The facts in this case are not in dispute. One Melvin Liel was indicted by the grand jury on 11 counts involving generally the possession of various narcotics, dangerous drugs and explosives. Throughout the proceedings relative to the charges against him he was free on bonds aggregating $25,000, one bond being in the penal sum of $12,000 and another in the sum of $13,000.…