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· 4/23/1894

Long v. Cherington

Citations

  • 161 Pa. 248
  • 28 A. 1086
  • 1894 Pa. LEXIS 679

Syllabus

<p>Practice — Capias ad satisfaciendum — Discharge.</p> <p>A capias ad satisfaciendum was issued and returned “ Stayed.” The evidence showed that the sheriff had undertaken to arrest the defendant, but had been so much intimidated by defendaiS: and his counsel who denied the legality of the writ, that he had let the defendant go free. Subsequently an alias capias ad satisfaciendum was issued. Held, that the issue of such a writ was proper, and that the court below was not in error in refusing to quash it.</p>

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  • where trial court accepts additional evidence on a single issue, it need only consider the specific issue de novo

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