Case Name: UNITED STATES v. ANDERSON
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1818-11
Citations: 24 F. Cas. 815
Docket Number: 
Parties: UNITED STATES v. ANDERSON.
Judges: (THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, doubting)
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 24
Pages: 815–815

Head Matter:
Case No. 14,450.
UNITED STATES v. ANDERSON.
[2 Cranch, C. C. 157.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Nov. Term, 1818.
Bail — Prison Boxds — Action by United States.
A prisoner in execution for debt, at the suit of the United States, is entitled to the benefit of the prison bounds, upon giving sufficient security.
[See Case No. 353.]
The defendant [James Anderson] was brought in by the marshal at the suit of the United States, upon a ca. sa. for debt; and applied for the benefit of the prison bounds, and tendered a bond with sufficient sureties.

Opinion:
THE COURT
(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, doubting)
decided that he was entitled to the benefit of the bounds. See Acts Cong. Jan. 0, 1800, § 1 (2 Stat. 4). for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt, and March 3, 1803, § 16, 17 (2 Stat. 241), for the relief of insolvent debtors, within the District of Columbia.