STATE v. JONES

No. 56956.

491 S.W.2d 241 (1973)

STATE of Missouri, Respondent, v. Earl Franklin JONES, Defendant, and Peerless Insurance Company, Surety-Movant.

Supreme Court of Missouri, Division No. 1.

March 12, 1973.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John C. Danforth, Atty. Gen., Stephen D. Hoyne, Assist. Atty. Gen., Jefferson City, for respondent.

Daly & Wendt, Robert A. Hampe, St. Louis, for surety-movant.


HIGGINS, Commissioner.

Proceedings on forfeiture of bail bond in which surety appeals from judgment of forfeiture of bail bond of defendant.

The facts are not in dispute:

On March 13, 1970, Earl Franklin Jones was charged by information with illegal possession of stimulant drug. On March 31, 1970, he as principal, and Peerless Insurance Company as surety, executed a bail bond in sum $3,000 in favor of the State of Missouri conditioned upon personal...

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