Case Name: Howard v. Lyon
Court: Connecticut Superior Court
Jurisdiction: Connecticut
Decision Date: 1787-03
Citations: 1 Root 107
Docket Number: 
Parties: Howard v. Lyon.
Judges: 
Reporter: Connecticut Reports
Volume: 1
Pages: 107–107

Head Matter:
Howard v. Lyon.
A prisoner upon an execution who escapes, may be retaken at any place. '
ActioN of false imprisonment. Issue to the jury.
The case was — The defendant was a constable of the town of "Woodstock, and had an execution, against said Howard, and took him by it;‘Howard escaped from him, and went to Providence, in the state of Ehode Island; Lyon applied to a justice of the peace, and got an escape warrant, to- retake him; Lyon pursued Howard, and got his warrant renewed in Ehode Island, retook him, and committed him to the keeper of the gaol in Windham; and for that this action is brought.

Opinion:
Yerdict and judgment that the defendant is not guilty — For an officer has right to pursue and retake his prisoner, wherever he can find him.