In re Pellegrino
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the People of the. State of New York from, part of an order of the County Court of. Kings county, entered in the office of the clerk of said county on the llth day of April, 1912, remitting in part the forfeiture, named in a bad. bond.
1Opinion of the Court
Thomas, J.:
The court, after judgment of conviction affirmed' and the failure of the surety on the bond for the appearance of the defendant to comply therewith, forfeited the bond, and judgment-in the sum of $10,000 was entered, which as against the' surety the court ordered canceled upon the payment within twenty days of the sum of $6,000. The surety used diligence to effect the discovery and surrender of the fugitive defendant. The surety is amply able to pay the judgment. It is urged that the court has not the power to abate in part the debt while the defendant in the criminal action is at…
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