District Court, D. South Carolina June 27, 1816 (Gill v. Jacobs)

DRAYTON, District Judge.

This was a case of habeas corpus, in which a motion was made to discharge defendant on common bail, he being in the marshal’s custody on mesne process issuing from this court, with an order for bail. The plaintiffs are citizens of Philadelphia; and the debt to a considerable amount (upwards of six thousand dollars) was contracted with them there.