Soulé v. Hayward

By the Court,

Bennett, J.

Application for a discharge under a writ of habeas corpus. The defendant was arrested in a civil suit, under the first subdivision of section 74 of the Practice Act., (Statutes of 1850, y>. 435,) which authorizes an arrest *346“ in an action for money received, or property embezzled, or “ fraudulently misapplied, by a public officer, or by an attorney “ or counsellor, or by an officer or agent of a corporation, in the “ course of bis employment as such, or by any factor, agent, “ broker, or other person in a fiduciary capacity.” The affidavit, upon which the order of…