Legal Opinion
In Re McManaman
Supreme Court of Rhode Island
Decided November 24, 1888PublishedCited by 1 opinion
Habeas Corpus. The case is stated in the opinion of the Court.
1Opinion of the CourtDurfee, C. J.
The petitioner was com mitted to the Providence County Jail, August 7, A. D. 1888, on an alias execution taken out on a scire facias judgment against him as bail in a criminal case. He immediately gave bond with surety for the liberty of the jail yard under the statute, Pub. Stat. R. I. cap. 225, §§ 1 and 2. 1 The condition of the bond was that he should continue a true prisoner within the yard, “ without committing any manner of escape or escapes during the term of bis restraint.” Section 4 of said chapter provides that no person, committed on execution, shall have the liberty of the yard…
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