People v. Freer

Headnote

A RULE had, in the last term, been granted against the defendant, to show cause on the first day of the present term, why an information should not be filed against him, and no cause having been shown on the day appointed, the rule was made absolute.

Hoffman now stated to the court, that the defendant had been prevented by adverse winds, which detained himself, counsel and papers, until after the rising of the court on the first day of the term, and prayed that the rule might be overrated.