People ex rel. Glander & Person v. Justices of the Marine Court
New York Supreme Court
On shewing cause why a mandamus should not issue, it appeared that the relators were sued in the Marine Court for an assault and battery, to which they severally pleaded not guilty ; judgment passed against them, and they were committed to gaol on a capias ad satisfaciendum for $ 160 damages and costs ; that, on the 23d September, 1824, they respectively petitioned the Marine Court for a discharge, un-, der the “ act for the relief of debtors with respect to the imprisonment…
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On shewing cause why a mandamus should not issue, it appeared that the relators were sued in the Marine Court for an assault and battery, to which they severally pleaded not guilty ; judgment passed against them, and they were committed to gaol on a capias ad satisfaciendum for $ 160 damages and costs ; that, on the 23d September, 1824, they respectively petitioned the Marine Court for a discharge, un-, der the “ act for the relief of debtors with respect to the imprisonment of their persons,” passed April 9th, 1813; (1 R. L. 348) which was opposed, because the judgment was founded on a…
1Opinion of the Court
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ihe question now is the same as it was upon the ... „ , , motion for a role to shew cause 5 and we see no reason to change the opinion we then expressed.
Rule absolute.
2Cited by1 opinion
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