Case Name: Commonwealth ex rel. Morgan v. Heilman and Another
Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
Jurisdiction: Pennsylvania
Decision Date: 1846-01-16
Citations: 4 Pa. 455
Docket Number: 
Parties: Commonwealth ex rel. Morgan v. Heilman and Another.
Judges: 
Reporter: Pennsylvania State Reports
Volume: 4
Pages: 455–455

Head Matter:
Commonwealth ex rel. Morgan v. Heilman and Another.
Exceptions to the bail are waived by filing a declaration, but the bail is not discharged.
Jan. 16. To a hah. corp. the respondents returned they held the relator under a bail-piece; that they had entered bail to the sheriff, and executed a bail-bond in an action on the case against Morgan, and the plaintiff filed exceptions; that respondents never justified, nor wms any additional bail entered, the amount having been.reduced by the court, on a rule to show cause of action, and why defendant should not be discharged on common bail; that the sheriff afterwards returned the writ “ C. C. and B. B., and respondents bail.” That a declaration was subsequently filed, &c., and verdict and judgment obtained, on which the relator was arrested.
St. Geo. Campbell, for the relator,
cited Filler v. Bryson, 6 Watts & Serg. 566, as deciding that the bail was discharged by exception taken, and no justification.
Jan. 16.

Opinion:
Bell, J.
The exceptions are waived by proceeding, but it is not a discharge of the bail.
The prisoner was remanded.