2 D.C. 129
Decided December 15, 1816
On the 18th of January, 1817, the following entry was made upon the minutes of the Circuit Court of the District of Columbia, for the County of Washington. “ John Okely, a citizen and inhabitant of the District of Columbia, having been arrested for debt in Philadelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, by a writ from the court of Philadelphia county, Jesse Sharpless, a citizen of Pennsylvania, at the request of the said Okely, became his bail.
Decided 1816-12-15
¶1The Court
¶2was of opinion that Sharp-less had such a right to the person of Okely as to prevent Knowles from surrendering him in discharge of himself.
¶3was of opinion that Okely was in the custody of his bail here, who had a right to hold him-, and surrender him. When the laws of two States come in conflict, the laws of the State, in which the parties are, must prevail.