Bampfield v. Ellard

IN the City Court, April Term, 1822. — Motion to discharge an insolvent debtor. Report of the Recorder. “ The defendant applied for the benefit of the insolvent debtor’s act. He was opposed by the plaintiff’s counsel upon the ground, that being imprisoned under a ca, sa. in ■an action of trespass for an assault and battery, which was a case of “ wilful and malicious trespass,” he came within the exceptions of the act.