Southern Arizona Bail Enforcement

Taylor vs. Taintor, 16 Wall, 366

When bail is given, the principal defendant is regarded as delivered to the custody of his sureties (bail bondsman). Their dominion is a continuance of the original imprisonment. Whenever they choose to do so, they may seize him and deliver him up in their discharge exoneration, and if that cannot be done at once, they may imprison him until it can be done. They may exercise their rights in person or by AGENT. They may pursue him into another state; may arrest him on the Sabbath; and if necessary, may break and enter his house for that purpose. This seizure is not made by virtue of new process. None is needed. It is likened to re-arrest, by the sheriff, of an escaping prisoner