State v. Fleming

This is a proceeding brought by the state for the forfeiture of a recognizance. After forfeiture in the magistrate’s court the proceeding was certified to the Circuit Court of Cole County, *1210Missouri, wherein a scire facias was issued to the defendants to show cause why the judgment of forfeiture should not become absolute. The recognizance was signed by Thomas E. Fleming, Jr., as principal, under arrest as a fugitive from justice, and by Thomas E. Fleming and Dora E. Fleming, as sureties. Judgment in the sum of $2000 was rendered on the scire facias against all of the three defendants as…