Commonwealth v. Hambright
Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
IT appeared on the return of a habeas corpus, by which Amos Harmer was brought before the Court by the defendant, the iailor of Lancaster county, that he had been taken on a capias ad satisfaciendum, returnable, to April, 1818, in the Common Pleas of Lancaster county, issued in a suit by William M'-Kim, assignee of John Pettit, against him and several other defendants, which the Court, on motion and after argument, set aside, being of opinion, that there was no judgment…
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IT appeared on the return of a habeas corpus, by which Amos Harmer was brought before the Court by the defendant, the iailor of Lancaster county, that he had been taken on a capias ad satisfaciendum, returnable, to April, 1818, in the Common Pleas of Lancaster county, issued in a suit by William M'-Kim, assignee of John Pettit, against him and several other defendants, which the Court, on motion and after argument, set aside, being of opinion, that there was no judgment against him, and that, therefore, the writ was void. About an hour after the order for his discharge, he was arrested at the…
1Opinion of the Court
By The Court.
The Court of Common Pleas having decided, that the prisoner was not entitled to privilege from arrest, we are of opinion, that this Court ought not to interfere, and therefore the prisoner is to be remanded.
Prisoner remanded.
2Cited by1 opinion
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