
    Case No. 14,450.
    UNITED STATES v. ANDERSON.
    [2 Cranch, C. C. 157.] 
    
    Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
    Nov. Term, 1818.
    Bail — Prison Boxds — Action by United States.
    A prisoner in execution for debt, at the suit of the United States, is entitled to the benefit of the prison bounds, upon giving sufficient security.
    [See Case No. 353.]
    The defendant [James Anderson] was brought in by the marshal at the suit of the United States, upon a ca. sa. for debt; and applied for the benefit of the prison bounds, and tendered a bond with sufficient sureties.
   THE COURT

(THRUSTON, Circuit Judge, doubting)

decided that he was entitled to the benefit of the bounds. See Acts Cong. Jan. 0, 1800, § 1 (2 Stat. 4). for the relief of persons imprisoned for debt, and March 3, 1803, §§ 16, 17 (2 Stat. 241), for the relief of insolvent debtors, within the District of Columbia.  