Jacobs v. Stevens
Supreme Court of New Hampshire
From Coos Circuit Court. Assumpsit. The plaintiff made the usual affidavit for the arrest of the defendant, on the back of the writ, and the officer’s return showed that tlie writ was served by arresting the body of the defendant and taking bail, and in no other way.
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From Coos Circuit Court. Assumpsit. The plaintiff made the usual affidavit for the arrest of the defendant, on the back of the writ, and the officer’s return showed that tlie writ was served by arresting the body of the defendant and taking bail, and in no other way. Upon the return of the writ the defendant appeared in person in court, and by his attorneys moved that he and his bail be discharged, under Gen. Stats., ch. 206, see. 10, on the ground that he was not liable to arrest. The motion was granted. Thereupon his attorneys, having appeared specially for that purpose within the first…
1Opinion of the Court
FROM COOS CIRCUIT COURT. Upon being arrested, the defendant procured bail in the manner prescribed by Gen. Stats., ch. 206, sec. 13 — that is to say, special bail — in accordance with the practice in this state. See Chadbourn v. The Lancaster Bank, 24 N.H. 333.
The object of such bail is, to secure the appearance and attendance of the defendant in court — Norton v. Danvers, 7 Term 375 Lewis v. Brackenridge, 1 Blackf. 115; and the contract of the defendant and his sureties, or bail, as indicated by the long established practice in this state, and regulated by Gen. Stats., chs. 206, 223, was…
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- Dale v. Radcliffe & CutterNew York Supreme Court · 1857
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