United States v. Noah
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern New York
Error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New-York. The plaintiffs brought an action of debt in the court below against the defendant [M. M. Noah] as sheriff of the city and county of New-York, for the escape of one Joseph Wilson, a prisoner committed to his custody on a capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of the plaintiffs.
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Error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New-York. The plaintiffs brought an action of debt in the court below against the defendant [M. M. Noah] as sheriff of the city and county of New-York, for the escape of one Joseph Wilson, a prisoner committed to his custody on a capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of the plaintiffs. At the trial it appeared that the plaintiffs on the 4th of May, 1819, issued a ca. sa. on a judgment against Wilson, directed to the marshal of the district, on which he was taken, and after-wards delivered over under the act of…
1Opinion of the Court
THOMPSON, Circuit Justice.
This case comes up on a writ oi error to the district court of the United States for the Southern district of New-York, on a judgment in fa-vour of the defendant in error. The suit in the court below, was an action of debt, against the defendant as sheriff of the city and county of New-York, for the escape of one Joseph Wilson, a prisoner committed to his custody on a capias ad satisfaciendum, at the suit of the United States. Wilson, after his commitment, was not permitted to go at large, nor did the alleged escape take *177place, until he had duly entered into bond for…
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