United States v. James William Nash and the Summit Fidelity & Surety Co.

Our mandate on the affirmance made in Nash v. United States, 405 F.2d 1047 (8 Cir. 1969) required Nash to surrender himself to the United States Marshal for the Eastern District of Missouri by March 14, 1969, for service of his four-year sentence. The conviction involved was for possession of stolen post office money orders.

Nash was, however, not able thus to surrender himself, nor was his surety, The Summit Fidelity & Surety Co. in a position to have produced him, because he was at the time being held in the county jail of Douglas County, Missouri, and continued to be so confined until April…