Commonwealth v. A A Bonding Co.

NEIKIRK, Judge.

In each of the above styled cases the trial court declared a forfeiture of the bail bond when the principal failed to appear at trial. In each case the trial court remitted a substantial portion of the forfeiture and entered judgment accordingly. The remittances ranged from fifty per cent to eighty per cent. In each case the principal had not appeared or surrendered to the process of the court before or at the time the remittance of forfeiture was made. In each case the Commonwealth moved to set aside the judgment on the ground that the court had abused its discretion in…