Attachment of Goods (Ireland) Act, 1850

Mode of surrender of a defendant in custody when his goods are seized, who gives special bail.

8. A defendant who shall at any time be in custody of the marshal of the said Marshalsea, or of the gaoler of the prison or gaol of any county, county of a city, or county of a town in Ireland, at the time of the seizure of his goods, under any writ of attachment out of any such borough or other court, may give such special bail, and thereupon may forthwith be rendered to such marshal or gaoler of the prison or gaol in which such defendant shall then be in custody, in discharge of his said bail in any action in such court of record, in the manner hereinbefore provided for a render in discharge of bail, and the marshal or sheriff or other person responsible for the custody of debtors in such Marshalsea, prison, or gaol shall, on such render, be charged with the custody of such defendant, and the said bail shall be thereupon wholly exonerated from liability as such.