Commonwealth v. Ferrara

*395OPINION

LARSEN, Justice.

This is an appeal of the criminal contempt convictions of appellants Vincent and Debra Ferrara (husband and wife).

These convictions arose as follows: On October 19, 1977, each appellant was charged with theft by deception, bad checks, and criminal conspiracy. On that date, appellants were preliminarily arraigned and each was released on bail. As conditions of bail, each appellant was required to “appear before . . . [the court] ... at all time as his presence may be required, ordered, or directed, until full and final disposition of the case, to plead, to answer and…