New York Supreme Court February 15, 1880 (Devlin v. Cooper)

Barnard P. J. :

The defendant, as sheriff of Suffolk county, discharged one Frederick Maxwell from his custody under an execution, issued upon a judgment in favor of plaintiff upon contract, but where there had been an order of arrest, obtained before judgment, upon affidavits showing a fraudulent contraction of the debt by Maxwell. The discharge was made under an order of Henry P.