In re Snyder

James Snyder, who has been confined to the comity jail for the past three weeks, moves for his release on both technical and humane grounds. His incarceration is by virtue of a body execution on a judgment for approximately $5,000 in an action for false imprisonment and malicious prosecution. Snyder, a shoe clerk, had been held up. He claims to have, recognized Leonard Tambor, a sixteen-year-old schoolboy, as one of a group of bandits perpetrating the crime. He accused Tambor. The latter was arrested and kept in jail for several days. The magistrate ordered him held for the action of the…