¶1By the English-statutes of bankruptcy, the bankrupt is free from arrest or imprisonment by any creditor during the time allowed for examination, provided he was not in custody at the time of the-surrender, and, if arrested, is entitled to-be discharged; and the surrender, if voluntary, protects him from all arrests till his final examination is passed. Our statute of bankruptcy does not expressly confer this. *1008privilege on the bankrupt, but it was not necessary to be so conferred. The person and property of the bankrupt are, by the law, brought within the jurisdiction of the district court, and the court possesses an inherent power in all eases of which it has jurisdiction, to cause its orders and decrees to be respected and obeyed, and to protect its suitors from arrest
1 F. Cas. 1007
Anonymous
U.S. District Court
Decided July 1, 1842
U.S. District Court · decided 1842-07-01
<p>Case No. 460.</p> <p>VOLUNTAEY BANKRUPTCY —ARREST OP APPLICANT-—Execution pob Debt.</p> <p>[A voluntary bankrupt, under the act of April 19, 1841, (5 Stat. 440, c. 9,) cannot be arrested on an execution for debt before his final examination is passed.]</p>
Decided 1842-07-01