Cowden v. Kerr

This was an action of debt against Cowden and another on a bond, conditioned that the principal obligor *299would continue within the prison-limits of Jefferson county, &c. Breach, that the prisoner went beyond the limits, &c. Plea in denial of the breach. The cause was submitted to the Court, and judgment rendered for the plaintiffs.

J. Q. Marshall, for the plaintiffs. M. Q. Bright, for the defendants.

The prison-limits extend, by statute, to the, boundaries of the respective counties; E. S., 1838, p. 465; and we are therefore to inquire, whether the prisoner went out of Jefferson county, which…