Ruggles v. Corey
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of debt on book, in which, during its pendency in the county court, viz. in March, 1820, Ephraim M. Frink had become special bail of the defendant. On the second day of the first term of the superior court, after the appeal of the cause, Frink came into court, and moved his discharge as bail, and that an exoneretur should be entered of record.
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THIS was an action of debt on book, in which, during its pendency in the county court, viz. in March, 1820, Ephraim M. Frink had become special bail of the defendant. On the second day of the first term of the superior court, after the appeal of the cause, Frink came into court, and moved his discharge as bail, and that an exoneretur should be entered of record. The motion, which was in writing, stated, “ That on the 6th day of June, 1820, he, said Frink, made application and complaint, in writing, to Isaac Thompson, Esq. a justice of the peace for the county of New-London, pursuant to the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
Ephraim M. Frink, the special bail of the defendant, a resident of the county of New-London, believing that his principal intended to abscond, caused him to be committed to gaol in the said county, pursuant to the “ act for the relief of bailand now moves, that he may be discharged from his recognizance.
In behalf of the plaintiff, it is contended, that by law, the principal is held in custody for the benefit of the bail; while the bail insists, that the object of the act was to designate a mode, in which he might be exonerated from his recognizance. The latter, in my judgment,…
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