Hood v. State

Sam Robinson, Associate Justice.

This is an appeal from a bond forfeiture in a criminal case. The appellant, Ted Hood, is a professional bondsman with his office in Little Rock. In January, 1958, one Johnny Puckett was arrested in St. Francis County on the charges of forgery and uttering. Hood made his bail bond in the sum of $2,000.00. The case was set to be tried on February 24, 1958 in the St. Francis Circuit Court at Forrest City.

On February 18, 1958, Puckett was admitted to the State Hospital for Mental Diseases at Little Rock as a voluntary patient on authority of Act 411 of 1955, Ark.…