Case Name: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Thomas Warner, Defendant. Equitable Surety Company, Surety, Respondent
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1927-05
Citations: 220 A.D. 782
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Thomas Warner, Defendant. Equitable Surety Company, Surety, Respondent.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 220
Pages: 782–782

Head Matter:
The People of the State of New York, Appellant, v. Thomas Warner, Defendant. Equitable Surety Company, Surety, Respondent.

Opinion:
Order remitting forfeiture of bail bond and directing cancellation of judgment' entered thereon reversed upon the law and the facts, with ten dollars costs and disbursements, and motion denied, with ten dollars costs. We are of opinion that the failure of the surety to produce its principal as its undertaking agreed to do, together with the surety's omission to give any account as to his whereabouts, should have required a denial of this application. We do not agree with the contention of the respondent surety company that the facts alleged in the information fail to show the commission of a crime. Even 'if the information were subject to such criticism, we think the surety could not take advantage of that state of facts. Having given an undertaking to produce the principal, its duty was to produce him and not to rely upon any alleged infirmity in the information. (Pernetti v. People, 99 App. Div. 391, 392.) Kelly, P. J., Young, Kapper, Lazansky and Hagarty, JJ., concur.