McGregory v. Willett

This is an application that the sheriff be exonerated from liability of Jacob Cohen, except upon surrender and commitment of said Cohen by the defendant to the custody of the sheriff of the county of Hew-York. This action was commenced in December, 1858, to make the defend*440ant, the former sheriff, liable for an escape. The original action of the present plaintiff against Brown and Cohen was commenced in October, 1857, and an order of arrest was then obtained on the ground of a fraudulent disposition of property. Under this the defendant Cohen was arrested. On the 24th of February, 1858,…