In Taylor v. Taintor, 83 U.S. 366, 21 L. Ed. 287 (1872), the defendant was arrested in Connecticut for a criminal offense allegedly committed in that state. He was released on bail conditioned upon his appearance for subsequent court proceedings. Defendant then returned to New York where he was arrested upon a requisition from the governor of Maine for a burglary alleged to have been committed before the Connecticut offense. He was delivered to officers of the State of Maine where he was convicted and sentenced to a fifteen-year prison term. In refusing to reverse the judgment of the Supreme Court of Connecticut that affirmed the trial court's order forfeiting the bail, the Court relied on the "well-settled" principle that "if the impossibility be created by the defendant or a stranger, the rights of the obligee will be in nowise affected." Id. at 370. The Court found that the sureties were at "fault for the departure from Connecticut, and they must take the consequences." Id. at 373.