Moor, having a Parliament protection, procured the speaker, Henry Finch, to write a letter, in the name of the Parliament, to the King’s Bench, to stay judgment. And the court was much offended at this, and would have returned a sharp answer, if the Parliament had not been dissolved; for it is against the oath of the Judges to stay judgment, either by the great or the petit seal. But the way, in such a case, is to procure a supersedeas, which is *49a special writ, appointed in such cases; which is allowed in a legal course. But the letter was not regarded. See Mich. 12. E. 4, in a matter of privilege of Parliament, where one was held answerable to an action of account, notwithstanding the privilege of Parliament. Postea 149. Bendl. 184. Noy 83. Postea, p. 150.
Hodge v. Moor, 1 N.C. 48, 1 Mart. 48 (1793)
1793
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United States Circuit Court for the District of North Carolina
1 N.C. 48, 1 Mart. 48
Hodge vs. Moor.
Pasch. 2 Car.