§ MR. LOCKEasked the Secretary of State for the Home Department, If he is able to give the fuller information he promised on the subject of arrest for debt on mesne process in the Channel Islands?
MR. ASSHETON CROSS, in reply, read the following telegram which he had received from the Jersey authorities:—
Arrest under mesne process exists in Jersey. It is regulated by a Law passed by the States of Jersey on the 3rd January, 1862, and confirmed by an Order of Her Majesty in Council, dated the 21st of March of that year. The creditor before causing' his debtor to be arrested must make before a magistrate an affidavit that the claim is to the best of his belief justly due. The debtor may avoid going to prison by giving bail for his appearance to answer the demand before a proper Court. This process applies to Englishmen in Jersey who may be arrested at 856 the suit of English creditors for a debt contracted in England. At the time of making the arrest the sheriff or arresting officer is bound to deliver to the person arrested a detailed statement of the account against him.