Case Name: Anonymous
Court: United States Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina
Jurisdiction: North Carolina
Decision Date: 1793
Citations: 1 Mart. 184
Docket Number: 
Parties: * Anonymous.
Judges: 
Reporter: North Carolina Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 184–185

Head Matter:
* Anonymous.
Hill. 2 Car.
A RESCOUS was returned, by the sheriff, thus: Cepi corpus, prædict. A. et ut idem A. suit in custodia mea virtuti brevis præd. quousque B. C. et D. vi et armis on such a day and year, and at such a place, in E. et F. ballivos meos insultum fecere, vulneravere, et male tractavere, et A. de custodia mea ad tunc et ibidem rescussere.
Rolls
said that this is not a good return, for he does not shew any warrant made to his bailiffs.

Opinion:
Jones, J. and Whitlock, J.
The prisoner is all edged to be in custodia of the sheriff, and they rescued him out of it; it is unnecessary to mention the warrant. The mentioning the bailiffs is surplusage and idle.
Rolls. Then the rescous is not well returned; for the battery of the bailiffs is alledged vi et armis; and if this be surplusage, the rescous is not returned to have been vi et armis.
Jones, J. One may rescue himself. A rescue may be returned without the words vi et armis.
Rolls. Begging your pardon: I think not. Adjournatur, intratum U. 22. Jac. rot. 102.