Document Type
Judgment
Publication Date
2-26-1745
Article Footnote
Article 1, footnote 62
Book Footnote
Chapter 2, footnote 23
Abstract
Andrew Downer, was being detained in prison for a debt of less than 10 pounds, in violation of an Act of Parliament, and requesting no more than that “Your Worships would put the Act of Parliament in force by releasing and setting the said Andrew Downer at liberty, that his Majesty’s Service may not suffer thereby.
Comments
Conceptually, the court was presumably trying to (1) liberate Downer and stay the action below (supersedeas) and (2) end that action permanently (prohibition).