Beckwith v. Smith

The complaint in this action alleges that on the first of May, 1869, the defendant was sheriff of the county of Chemung. That the plaintiff commenced an action in the Supreme Court, in said county, against one James B. Beckwith, her husband, to obtain a divorce for adultery and for alimony, etc., in which the defendant appeared and interposed a defence, which action is still pending and undetermined. That afterward, and on the fourth of May, 1869, a writ of ne exeat was obtained, directed to said sheriff, requiring him to cause the said Beckwith to come before him to give sufficient bail in…