Any person arrested on mesne or final process in any civil action as provided by this chapter, being unable or unwilling to give the bail therein provided, may petition the court of common pleas of the county wherein he is confined, certifying the causes of his arrest together with an account of his real and personal estate with the dates of the securities wherein any part of it consists and the deeds, notes or vouchers relating thereto and the names of the witnesses to such instruments as far as his knowledge extends therein.
HISTORY: 1962 Code Section 10-841; 1952 Code Section 10-841; 1942 Code Section 851; 1932 Code Section 851; Civ. P. '22 Section 799; Civ. C. '12 Section 4176; Civ. C. '02 Section 3072; G. S. 2405; R. S. 2524; 1759 (4) 86; 1788 (5) 79; Const. Art. I Section 20.