149 Wis. 572 | Wis. | 1912
It is insisted that the court had no power to make the order appealed from, because (1) it was not made at the same term nor within one year after the order forfeiting the bail was made; (2) because the application was not made by the proper party; and (3) that no jurisdiction was obtained of Milwaukee county, hence no order could have been made against it.
The fact that a year had elapsed would not bar relief from the forfeiture upon a proper showing. Had an application been made while the money remained under the control of the court, it may well be that the court would have power to relieve from the forfeiture though the year had elapsed. But no such case is made here. It appears that the order forfeiting the bail was regularly made. The defendant had absconded when the order was made and did not return until more than a year had expired after forfeiture of the bail and the money deposited had been paid into the county treasury in compliance with law. So upon no theory was the court justified in making the order appealed from;
Counsel for defendant frankly admits that if the authority to make the order appealed from rested upon sec. 2832, Stats. '
It follows tbat tbe court below in this proceeding bad no power to make tbe order appealed from, and no other questions need be considered.
By the Court. — Tbe order appealed from is reversed.