Case No. 5,015 | U.S. Circuit Court for the District of District of Columbia | Aug 6, 1803
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refused to commit him in execution. The summons was simply signed by the commissioners, stating themselves as such. There was also a certificate that he did attend yesterday at Baltimore agreeably to his summons. See the bankrupt law of the 4th of April, 1800, § 22 [2 Stat 19], which declares That the bankrupt shall be free from arrest; and on producing the summons or notice under the hands of commissioners, shall be discharged, if arrested.