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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

HARTFORD COUNTY,
    
    FEBRUARY TERM, A. D. 1791.
    Hathaway v. Gillet.
    A deputy sheriff cannot be bail, officer, and attorney in a cause.
    EeeoR to reverse the judgment of a justice given upon default, in an action upon a note, brought by Gillet v. Hathaway; declaring, that Oliver Hanchet was a deputy sheriff; that he gave bond for the plaintiff at praying out said writ; that he was the officer who served said writ; and that he appeared before said justice as attorney to the plaintiff, and obtained said judgment by default.
    Error assigned —- That a deputy sheriff may not be bail, officer and attorney in the same suit.
   Judgment — Manifest error. Eor the statute expressly prohibits a deputy sheriff’s appearing as an attorney in a cause in any court.