Gaffney v. Commissioners of Jail Delivery

On July 23, 1938, the relator was committed to Rutland County jail upon a certified execution issued upon a judgment rendered in a tort action by Rutland County Court. On October 28, 1938, upon hearing duly held, a superior judge ordered that the close jail certificate indorsed upon the execution be vacated forthwith, and that the relator should forthwith be entitled to the benefit of the laws relating to the discharge of poor debtors, or the laws relating to admission to the liberties of the jail yard, as if the execution upon which he was committed had issued without any certificate…