Case Name: The People, ex rel. Holden, against Ball, late sheriff of Orange
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1826-05
Citations: 5 Cow. 415
Docket Number: 
Parties: The People, ex rel. Holden, against Ball, late sheriff of Orange.
Judges: 
Reporter: Cowen's Reports
Volume: 5
Pages: 415–415

Head Matter:
The People, ex rel. Holden, against Ball, late sheriff of Orange.
The defendtachment, be-in6 iu custody before the at-^ court ordered that interrogatories should ^® at^h^gaol" by a commisSl0116r'
Ball, being in custody of the now sheriff of Orange, upon er*. sa. an alias attachment was directed to him against Ball returnable at the present term; and, the sheriff now submitting to the court, whether Ball could be brought up on the attachment, without a habeas corpus ; and fearing that a compliance with the attachment might subject him to an . r o j 3Ctl011 ior 331 GSC3pGj

Opinion:
The Court directed, that interrogatories should be administered to Ball on the attachment, at the gaol, by a commissioner in the county of Orange.
G. Waterman, for the sheriff.
V. Lord, jun. for the relator.