case Courtney against Glanville the court of king bench will grant a habeas  corpus for the purpose of bail and discharge a prisoner commit to the fleet by  command of the court of chancery for disobey a decree relate to a subject  which have be before adjudge by the commonlaw ante SC more roll Rep Bulst  Bulst Inst Leon Inst Eq Cas Abr cro Elizabeth hawk p c Mod Bl Com Bac Abr lev  Glanville be commit to the fleet the last day of Michaelmas term James for not  perform a decree in chancery and upon a habeas corpus return the case be  inform to be thus Glanville sell to Courtney be a young gentleman a jewel  which he pretend to be of the value of three hundred and sixty pound whereas  in truth it be worth but twenty pound and three other jewel to the value of  one hundred pound and for croak throw his security he take a bind of six  hundred pound in the name of one Hampton and procure a action to be bring in  the say hampton name and the action to be confess and Glanville pay all the  charge of both party and the confession be out of court in the vacation  Courtney find this deceit that the jewel be not worth above twenty pound which  be deliver to he at the rate of three hundred and sixty pound exhibit his bill  in chancery for relief and afterward bring a writ of error to reverse this  judgement but the judgement be affirm afterward upon a hear in chancery it be  decree that Glanville shall take again his jewel and one hundred pound and  that he shall procure Hampton to release and acknowledge satisfaction and for  not perform this decree he be imprison coke chief justice say that this decree  and imprisonment be after a judgement at the commonlaw be unlawful and that  this court ought to relieve him>and for proof he cite a judgement in easter  term Edward roll Cobb v more where Cobb procure a action of debt to be bring  against more and the action to be confess by attorney and a writ of error to  be bring thereupon and the judgement to be affirm and all this be do in the  absence of more who be beyond sea upon his return exhibit his bill in chancery  to be relieve concern this practice there be no debt due and it be resolve  that after a judgement at the commonlaw he can not be relieve there but be  enforce to exhibit his bill in parliament and there be a special Act make for  his relief he also cite another precedent in Michaelmas term and Elizabeth sir  moil finch v Throgmorton a action be bring and upon special verdict the  question be upon a lease for year by the queen render rend and for nonpayment  to be void in Elizabeth sir moil finch purchase the reversion and enter for  nonpayment of the rend in Elizabeth and because it be resolve to be a  limitation and to be a lease void without office and that the patentee may  avoid this lease and be adjudge accord and this judgement affirm in a writ of  error Throgmorton afterward exhibit a bill in chancery complain that at the  same time that the default of payment be in Elizabeth he do send the rend by  his servant who be rob thereof which when he know he pay it immediate the day  after and that the queen accept thereof and that he continue the payment until  Elizabeth when the queen sell it and that the queen sell it as a reversion and  charge with this lease therefore it be against conscience that the patentee  shall avoid it and to this bill sir moil finch plead the proceed at the  commonlaw and demand judgement if he may now proceed in a court of equity and  all the judge of England be hereupon assemble and these matter debate before  they and resolve by they all that although the say bill comprehend much matter  of equity and there be very good croak James er p cause he shall have be  relieve if he have complain before the judgement obtain at the commonlaw yet  now have suffer a judgement at the commonlaw although croak throw it be by way  of defence he come too late to be relieve in a court of equity and can now  examine any pretence of equity after a judgement at the commonlaw wherefore  coke and all the court hold here that the party ought to be bail and they let  he to bail until the next term and he be then discharge vide Edward pl