Commonwealth v. Alden

Oct 15, 1817
Reporters:
By the Court.

We think the indictment sufficient, and ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‍that the statute does not require the oath to be administered within the limits of the ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‍prison. There seems to be no assignable reason for such a provision ; and there ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‍are several reasons opposed to it. It is wisely left to the discretion of the ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‍magistrates to appoint a suitable *333time and place; and a prisoner commits no escape in rendering himself ‍‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​‌​​​​​‌​​​​​‌‌‌‌​​​​​​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​‌‌‌‌​​​‌​‌​​‌​‌​‌​‌‌​‌‌‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌​​‌‌‍at the time and place so appointed.

Motion overruled.