Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-04-04 | Page 9 | Ineffective Bonds

j L- L Ineffective Bonds y l s fr bail bonds are practically worthless SMALL as a means of insuring the appearance o of a prisoner belonging to a powerful gang of criminals Crooks will jump their bonds rather than risk the chance of going to prison on A coup couple coupe e O of ot months ago The Tele Telegram ram commented upon the need of requiring heavy bonds for two confederates of the notorious bandit and nd Roy Dickerson The two men were charged with grand larceny Tor for the alleged looting of the hotel room of two iwo Alabama officers sent here to return D Dickerson It was believed that a daring at attempt at- at J tempt empt to effect D Dickerson's escape was frustrated frustrated frus frus- tr ted in their arrest City Judge C. C F. F Dalby set their bond requirements high high high-a a total otal of 2250 Within a day or so the attorney who was being paid out of the gangs gang's big bank account succeeded in getting the district court to slash it down to a nominal sum What That is the outcome William Villiam Hunter was scheduled to stand trial before Judge McConkie at i 10 0 a. a m. m Tuesday He was vas missing The Tiie court gave until afternoon for him bini to appear and meantime meantime meantime mean mean- time officers scoured th the city for him No Hunter 1 The rhe judge order his 1000 i bond forfeited The prosecutor ought to see now that hat this sum is paid But th the point is this A thousand dollars is i t a a. cheap n price for freedom is i t a a. cheap n price for freedom Society actually pays the forfeited bonds because when a prisoner escapes punishment he or his confederate can soon make the sum back through other crimes Hence though every forfeited bond ought to be collected the object of the court should be to fix the bonds high enough to insure the defendants defendant's appearance on the trial date What society looks to its courts and prosecutors to do is isto isto isto to protect us against notorious criminals being at large to prey on the public That cant can't be accomplished through 1000 bonds on me members bers of such rings as the Dickerson gang