Edwardsville spectator. [volume] (Edwardsville, Ill.) 1819-1826, 1822-04-02
Stephen; Classcock as. Enoch steen.

Louis.
Stephen Ciasscock u.s. Enoch Steen.
This wasean action of debt on all as
assigned bond. Judgm ent went for the
plaintiff upon which an execution issued
against the goods and chattels Of the de-
PENDANT On this execution there was a
return of Improperly found. An execu-
ton then issued to the Sheriff, COM
Inanding him 10 take the body OF the de-
PENDANT; on which the Sheriff made a
special return to this eHect---tha, the de-
PENDANT before his being taken into custo-
dy, had given bond With sufficient Sc
cnrity in conformity to an act passed at
the last session of,he General Assembly,
pointing out the manner in which execn-
lions may be stayed in consequence OF
which tie body OF said defendant had not
been taken into custody.
The counsel for the plaintiff objected
to this return, and moved the court that
another execution issue against the DE-
PENDANT, the act which had passed the
General Assembly pointing out how cx-
~ u''0''' might - 1."5 % "D'po asai'is'
INC CONSTITUTION % Wis ssass'
The court, after hearing argument,
ueciaca 'ha' INC execution shouia ISSUE,
declaring the act Of Assembly uncons,i-
tutlonal, ais. the provisions made by il
.vola. Another execution issued and DO
properly oelps ,ouho' inc oody o. 'ae ue-
ie'uan' was tsteh 'ihso CUSTODY. hs
couhsg' ior tae prisoner apP'lea 70 me
iaoh. lohh hiee Jones' Tor wflt OF II &
peas esSofpns 10 oflhg me poay OF the
prisoner before aim whlcn eelng done,
ne moVeat s'ilae me eoay DC discharged
rom me cnS'osy % the shel-t, The prl-
soher ha''hes atAle 'efe'ereaooiad ans So
'u my, io' '''e say .. .Aesa''o"-
-. no T" 40 upl''''N" y eon''.s,i i'i 'i'e
'iais,siis " VIC sa''ie stod'ia '''at was Ia
'N ~, 1s4o' - M $500, ~ N'''u'''
Mess's. se .. .ro na'eS Nv, wer,, OF coui'
&C. ..t .,.I p.ai'i.''i --7''''u 1"f M se'iiaS
'of NV ue4S''.''1'.
OPiNlCN, &c.
Ihe sheriH OF the county OF 81. Louis
IN obedience to a writ OF Habeas Corpus,
granted by me, produced the body OF
Enoch oteen, by him arrested and detai'l-
ed, and certified as return thereto that
the said Steen had been arrested ard still
is detained IN his custody BY virtue OF an
alias writ OF execution "a copy whereof
was thereto anneSed) Issued cut OF to
Circuit Court OF the county OF St. Louis
to him directed, against the Gald S.ecE,
IN favor OF Stephen Glasscock, by which
he was commanded that OF the goods and
chattels, lands and tenements OF oteen he
should cause 10 DC made the amount OF a
certain debt and damages therein men
toned, whichthe SAID GlasscocE recover
ed against Steen IN the SAID Circuit
Court, and tor want OF goods and chatt!es,
lands and tenements that ne should take
the body OF oteen and safely keep him,
&c. and which execution IS rctnrna5ie on
the ilrst Monday q june next. And ne
further returned, in addition, thatthc de-
fendant had rendered HIM a bond with
sufficient security, N conformity to the
act OF assembly entitled : an act pointing
out the manner that executions may DC
stayed and regulating the sales OF pro-
perty taken under executions, and claim
ed the benefit OF the sad act
The counsel tor the prisoner contend
ed that ne was entitled to ms discharge
under the provisions OF the third section
OF the act referred e IN the sheriff 5 re-