Feehan's Case

1 Brightly 462

• Court: Supreme Court of Pennsylvania
• Decided: December 20, 1848
• Status: Published

Opinion

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Bell, J.

— Under the act of 11th April, 1848, relating to insolvents, an applicant who is in prison, under a sentence to pay a fine, is not entitled to a discharge until he has been in prison for the term mentioned in prior laws, viz.: for the period of three months. The evil to be remedied was a detention pending the petition, after the applicant had been confined three months.

Motion refused.

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This case was not included in the reports in consequence of the opinion of Mr. Justice Bell having been mislaid. The foregoing is a memorandum of the point decided.