Case Name: HADEN v. PERRY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1806-03
Citations: 11 F. Cas. 148
Docket Number: 
Parties: HADEN v. PERRY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 11
Pages: 148–148

Head Matter:
Case No. 5,893.
HADEN v. PERRY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 283.] 1
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
March Term, 1806.
Confession of Judgment — Return of Writ.
Judgment cannot be confessed before the return term of the writ.
The defendant was arrested on a writ returnable to the next term.
Mr. Taylor, for defendant,
moved for a habeas corpus, to bring up the defendant to confess judgment at this term, and cited the act of assembly of Virginia of 19th December, 1792 (page 113, § 43), that a confession of judgment is equal to a release of errors.

Opinion:
But
THE COURT
overruled the motion. See McNeil v. Cannon [Case No. 8,913], June term, 1803, and Smith v. McCue or Askew v. Smith [Id. 588], March adjourned term, 1804.