Stith v. Soane , 2 Va. Col. Dec. 35 ( 1753 )

This was an Information against the Justices of Charles City for not keeping a sufficient Prison. The Pit. offered in Evidence the record of a Judgment in an Action brought against him when Sherif for an Escape in which it was found by the Jury that the Prison was insufficient And allowed by all the Court except Grymes who thought it should be only admitted to prove the damages the Sherif had sustained but not the insufficiency of the Prison —