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Source: Caselaw Access Project
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Date Created: 2024-08-24T03:29:51.129683

Howard v. Lyon.
    A prisoner upon an execution who escapes, may be retaken at any place. '
    ActioN of false imprisonment. Issue to the jury.
    The case was — The defendant was a constable of the town of "Woodstock, and had an execution, against said Howard, and took him by it;‘Howard escaped from him, and went to Providence, in the state of Ehode Island; Lyon applied to a justice of the peace, and got an escape warrant, to- retake him; Lyon pursued Howard, and got his warrant renewed in Ehode Island, retook him, and committed him to the keeper of the gaol in Windham; and for that this action is brought.
   Yerdict and judgment that the defendant is not guilty — For an officer has right to pursue and retake his prisoner, wherever he can find him.