Ex parte Clark
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On habeas corpus to the Sheriff of the county of Essex. The prisoner, John Clark, was brought before the court, by virtue of a writ of habeas corpus, allowed at chambers, pursuant to the act passed the 27th of February 1844, supplementary to the act, usually called the Habeas Corpus act. The facts and circumstances of the case, which was argued before the Chief Justice sitting alone in the branch court, are disclosed in the opinion delivered.
1Opinion of the CourtHobkblower, C. J.
It appears by the Sheriff’s return to this writ, that he has defendant in his custody, by virtue of an execution issued against the goods and body of the defendant, at the suit of Richard L. Hedenberg, by Stephen R. Haines, a justice of the peace of the county of Essex; a copy of which execution is annexed to the return.
The counsel for the prisoner produced, and laid before the court, certified copies of the affidavits, on which the justice had declared himself satisfied, that the defendant had money in the hands of Charles Ailing, which he unlawfully and unjustly refused to apply and on…
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