State v. Emery

This is an appeal from an order remitting $100 of $6,250 bail and awarding judgment for the balance of $6,150. The defendant-principal on the bond had failed to appear as ordered before the court, and the court had ordered forfeiture of the bond preceding the filing of the motion for remission. ORS 140.610 et seq.

Resolute Insurance Company through its attorney-in-fact, Wulf, executed the bail bond upon which the defendant was released. The defendant had been ordered to appear before the court on August 24, 1971 for execution of sentence. He failed to appear and a bench warrant for his arrest…