Feehan's Case
Feehan's Case
1 Brightly 462
Feehan's Case
Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
— 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.
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.
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