McDonough's Case

All the material facts are fully stated in tbe following opinion of tbe court, wbicb was delivered, by

Thompson, J.

— On tbe 24th of January 1859, McDonough applied by petition to tbe Court of Common Pleas of Allegheny county, for a discharge from tbe jail of tbe county, where be had been in confinement for three months, under a sentence of tbe Quarter Sessions, on giving bond, to appear at the next term of tbe court, and present bis petition for tbe benefit of tbe insolvent laws. Tbe petition was granted and bond approved on that day. No other petition was presented at tbe next term, but a day…