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Ex parte Taws

23 F. Cas. 725, 2 Wash. C. C. 353
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Pennsylvania·Decided October 15, 1809·Published

Opinion

BY THE COURT.

We do not think it right to interfere with the jailer in the exercise of the discretion vested in him, as to the security of his prisoners; unless it appeared that he misused it for purposes of oppression, of which there is no evidence in this case.

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Ex parte Taws, 23 F. Cas. 725, 2 Wash. C. C. 353 (circtdpa 1809).

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