Brent v. Beck

The Court,

absent,) stopped Mr. Brent, who was about to reply, and refused to quash the replevin. Cranch, C. J., observed, that the property did not appear to have been in the custody of the law. Mr. Beck may have done right in taking the goods, but having no warrant therefor, or to arrest Henderson.for theft, his custody was not the custody of the law, so as to make it any contempt of this Court, or of any court, to replevy them.

Buie discharged.