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Verdict found for the Plaintiff, and 40# damages given; but the Gist of that action was the laying of great damages, and causing him to be arrested and detain’d in prison for want of Bail, for which an action will lie, altho’ the Court hath Jurisdiction of the cause of action infra Jurisdictionein Curia, was not material to the Gist of the Action. But that is not the Case now in question, and therefore I will say no more concerning it: But as to this action of Trespass and False Imprisonment now in question, I am of opinion that it lieth not, either against the Judge, the Officer or the Party, and that Judgment in this Case ought to be given for the Defendants.