The Grand Case of the Habeas Corpus

JurisdictionEngland & Wales
Judgment Date01 January 1669
Date01 January 1669
CourtCourt of the King's Bench

English Reports Citation: 74 E.R. 1117

King's Bench Division

The Grand Case of the Habeas Corpus

NOY, 156. THE GRAND CASE OF THE HABEAS CORPUS 1117 6. The party robbed is not bound to lend his horse, to pursue the [156] thief, nor he himself is bound to go and pursue the thief presently. Tr. 4 Car. B, R. In a replevin the sheriff does not return ally pledges ; and after issue joyn'd, and found, it was moved, if they can be put in by the Court after verdict. And by the Court, that they may, notwithstanding the statute of W. 2. cap. 2. For before that statute, the Court might take pledges upon the omissions of the sheriff. But that diversity was agreed, between 1. Pledges of prosecuting : and those may be inserted at any time after, and then the sheriff cannot be punisht, 3 H. 6. 3. 2. As well of prosecuting, as retort,. habend. as now and there by the common law. Also the Court may take pledges for default of the sheriff. But then the sheriff shall be only amerc'd. But now by that statute, a penalty is likewise given against the sheriff: but that statute does not take away the power of the Court, to take pledges for default of the sheriff: for if the sheriff omit that, and the Court take pledges, yet the party shall have his action against the sheriff, upon that statute. And for that, the taking of pledges now by the Court, will not make the judgment erroneous. THE GRAND CASE OF THE HABEAS CORPUS. The Privy Counsel directed an order to the Mayor of London, to apprehend certain citizens of London, and to make them appear before the Lords of the Privy Counsel to answer all such matters as should be objected against them. And the mayor took them and imprisoned them, because they would not enter into recognizance. And the prisoners sue an habeas corpus in the Kings Bench. And...

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