Haight v. Richards
Supreme Court of Vermont
This was an action gf debt on’a jail bond executed by Russel Richards to the sheriff of Addisor* county to secure him against an escape oí Richards who was then ’confined in prison on an execution in favor of the plaintiff. It w'as tried in the county court on the following statement of facts agreed to by the parties: “After the commitment of Richa rds, and before his departure* from the liberties, he was admitted to th e poor debtor’s oath,and obtained his certificate.
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This was an action gf debt on’a jail bond executed by Russel Richards to the sheriff of Addisor* county to secure him against an escape oí Richards who was then ’confined in prison on an execution in favor of the plaintiff. It w'as tried in the county court on the following statement of facts agreed to by the parties: “After the commitment of Richa rds, and before his departure* from the liberties, he was admitted to th e poor debtor’s oath,and obtained his certificate. All the proceedings were regular and legal up to the signing and delivering of the certificates; but one of the duplicate…
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the Court was delivered by
Paddock, J.
The case shows, that the proceedings- before the commissioners of jail delivery were all in conformity to the requirements of the statute ; so that the only point to be considered by the Court, and upon which the cause must turn, is the eflect of the disposition of the certificates, after they were made out.. The statute under which the commissioners acted, passed the 9th March, 1797, relating to jails and jailors, fee., after giving the form of the oath to be administered to the poor debtor, further provides : “ Which oath or affirmation by…
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- Childs v. MorseSupreme Court of Vermont · 1802
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- In Re BlakeSupreme Court of Vermont · 1934