Hoagland v. State ex rel. Schrieber

— The appellee sued appellant for having voluntarily permitted the escape of a defendant committed to his charge upon a final judgment in a bastardy prosecution.

The questions presented arise upon the exceptions to the conclusions of law on a special finding and a motion to modify the judgment.

Erom the facts found it appears that the appellee’s judgment was duly rendered, and the defendant duly committed to the .sheriff’s care, and imprisoned by him in the proper jail, on account of his failure to pay or replevy the judgment as required by law.

On three different occasions the sheriff…