Jameson v. Isaacs
Supreme Court of Vermont
Debt, upon a jail bond, given by the defendant and one Luther Kidder, on the 16th day of September, 1835, to the plaintiff, as sheriff of Orleans county, conditioned that the said Luther, who was then a prisoner in the common jail in Irasburgh, in said county of Orleans, by virtue of an execution in favor of Edmund Clark, for the sum of $13,20 damages, and $2,20 costs, issued on a judgment recovered before Eli Hinds, a justice of the peace, on the 28th of August, 1834, which…
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Debt, upon a jail bond, given by the defendant and one Luther Kidder, on the 16th day of September, 1835, to the plaintiff, as sheriff of Orleans county, conditioned that the said Luther, who was then a prisoner in the common jail in Irasburgh, in said county of Orleans, by virtue of an execution in favor of Edmund Clark, for the sum of $13,20 damages, and $2,20 costs, issued on a judgment recovered before Eli Hinds, a justice of the peace, on the 28th of August, 1834, which execution was dated the 18th of August, 1835, and signed by said justice, should not depart from the limits of the jail…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Collamer, J.
— The usual addition of junior to a man’s name, to distinguish him from an, elder man of the same name and place, constitutes no part of such man’s name, any more than longer, whiter, cooper, or any other designation. This has been too often decided to be again questioned.
The question, in this case is, can a debtor after being admitted to the liberties of the jail and after departing those liberties, again return within them and be considered as im*614prisoned and entitled to the poor debtors oath, and its privileges? In England, when the…
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