People v. Stuyvesant Insurance

In a criminal action, the surety for bail appeals from an order of the Supreme Court, Queens County, entered January 20, 1965, which denied its motion to remit the forfeiture of the undertaking filed by it. Order reversed, without costs, and motion for remission of forfeiture of the undertaking filed by appellant granted. People v. Peerless Ins. Co. (21 A D 2d 609) has set the guidelines for disposition of applications for remission of bond forfeitures pursuant to section 597 of the Code of Criminal Procedure. Here the surety’s principal was charged with forgery and petit larceny—'not the…