Legal Opinion

Prather v. Beeler

Court of Appeals of Kentucky

Decided July 9, 1814PublishedCited by 1 opinion

1Opinion of the Court

*375OPINION of the Court,, by

Ch. J. Boyle.

— This ⅛ gn appeal from a judgment of the Jefferson circuit *376court rendered against the appellant in an action brought bv liknas assignee of a sheriff, on a bond given by the appUffeesfor keeping the prison bounds.

The only question vve deem material to notice in de~ cj¿'in„ this cause is, can the sheriff, after he has committed to the jailer a prisoner arrested under a cct. sa. take from him a bond for the prison rules ?

^ *s ev‘dent ⅛⅜ pqsver of a sheriff under such a pro-cess does not become entirely extinct upon the commit* ment of the debtor. The…

2Cited by1 opinion

  1. Dole v. BullNew York Supreme Court · 1801

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