United States v. Payne

BOURQUIN, District Judge.

It appears that Payne and others, on a charge of conspiracy, were indicted in this court on January 19,1925, and the court fixed bail in amount $5,000, but $4,000 if a surety company bond was furnished. A bench warrant was returned “not found,” and on December 18, 1926, before a United States commissioner in Los Angeles, the defendant and surety company executed the bond in suit which recites that before the commissioner complaint had been made that within this district Payne had violated the conspiracy statute (Cr. Code § 37 [18 USCA § 88]); that he had been arrested…