Buono v. McCullough

Stewart, P. J.,

This is a rule to show cause why an attachment, in so far as it attaches money in the hands of an alderman, should not be dissolved and quashed. A number of reasons were given in the petition to quash the attachment, but all were abandoned except the sixth; “That moneys in the custody of the law cannot be attached under the Fraudulent Debtors Act of March 17, 1869, P. L. 8.” The petition sets out that the sum of $200 was deposited by Robert McCullough, the husband of Cora McCullough, as bail for her to appear and answer a criminal charge against her in the case of Commonwealth…