Dickinson v. Kingsbury.
Supreme Court of Connecticut
In the Coin! below, TlHS was an action of debt on bond, dated September 16th, 1799, for two hundred dollars. There was a plea in bar, reciting the bond, the condition of which was, that one Benjamin (Negro) should appear before the Superior Court, and answer to a complaint made against him for burglary.
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In the Coin! below, TlHS was an action of debt on bond, dated September 16th, 1799, for two hundred dollars. There was a plea in bar, reciting the bond, the condition of which was, that one Benjamin (Negro) should appear before the Superior Court, and answer to a complaint made against him for burglary. The plea then stated, that the plaintiff’s action was commenced on the 15th day of February, 1802, and not before ; on the 7th day of September, 1799, a complaint was' exhibited, by a grand-juror, against Benjamin for burglary ; a-warrant was thereupon issued, by which he was-arrested, and…
1Opinion of the Court
By the Court,
the judgment was affirmed,
Trumbull, Gov. Treadwell, Lt. Gov. Ellsworth, Austin, C. Goodrich, and Hosmer, Jssis. dissenting.
The following are understood to have been the grounds of this decision, (g) The personal liberty of the subject is ta be favored, as far as is practicable and safe, until conviction. Bail for his appearance at the Court, in which his guilt, or innocence is to be tried, is, at once, the mode of favoring that liberty, and securing the appearance for trial. The regular and only proper time for such bail to be given, is when the accused is brought before the…
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