The Law says that no man is to be imprisoned except by judgment of the Kings Courts or whilst waiting trial by them. This freedom is safeguarded by the famous writ in England, the writ of habeas corpus.Whenever any man in England is detained against his will, not by sentence of the King's Courts, but by anyone else, then he or anyone on his behalf is entitled to apply to any of the judges of the High Court to determine whether his detention is lawful or not.The Court will then, by this writ, command the goaler or whoever is detaining him, to bring him before the Court, and unless the detention is shown to be lawful,the Court will at once set him free.
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