ourt is impersonal and wholly pecuniary. If, as is this case, the bond was for $40,000, that sum was the measure of the interest of anybody's part, and it did not matter to the Government what person ultimately felt the loss, so long as it had the obligation it was content to take. Despite the tenor of the foregoing passage, courts still stress the need for a moral as well as financial assurance of the accused's appearance in court. For example, in a casewhere the bail offered was a certified check from a individual, the Federal Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in requiring disclosure of the source of funds on which the check was drawn declared: "The giving of security is not the full measure of the bail'sobligation. It is not the sum of the bail bond that society asks for, but rather the presence of the defendant. If the court lacks confidence in the surety's purpose or ability to secure the appearance of a bailed defendant, it may refuse its approval of a bond even though the financial standing of the bail is beyond question."...
