Lockwood v. Mercereau
The Superior Court of New York City
Application for an order of discharge from imprisonment on execution against the person. The facts are fully stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtHoffman, J.
On July 8, 1857, the plaintiff in this action obtained a judgment against the defendant. In October he was arrested on final process, and confined in the Eldridge-street jail. He agreed with the keeper to pay him $10 a week for the use of the parlor, and to eat with the family, instead of being locked up in a cell and receiving jail fare; that in common with others, who made a similar arrangement, he was permitted to go into a yard outside of the walls, but adjoining the jail, and inclosed with a board fence on three sides, and by the rear wall of the jail on the fourth side. It was, in fact,…
2Cases cited12 opinions
- Littlefield v. BrownNew York Supreme Court · 1828
- Nicolls v. IngersoliNew York Supreme Court · 1810
- Thompson v. LockwoodNew York Supreme Court · 1818
- Riley v. StateSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1843
- Bartlett v. WillisMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1807
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