In re Shetsky

Matson, Justice.

Petitioner appeals from an order denying his petition and motion to vacate an order forfeiting bail money.

*465We are basically concerned with the following question: Where the defendant in a criminal action, who is free on bail, wilfully flees from the jurisdiction in the course of his trial and does not return until almost 18 months later when he is apprehended and brought back by agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and where the surety upon his bail bond at the time of his flight elected to purge itself of all further liability under the bond by doing nothing more than…