coke lady throgmorton case Trin James high commissioner upon a habeas corpus  by Elizabeth lady Throgmorton prisoner in the fleet the return be the lady  Throgmorton be commit by George bishop of London and other ecclesiastical  commissioner a under their hand till further order shall be take for her  enlargement and the cause of the commitment of her be for that she have do  many evil office betwixt sir James Scudamour and her daughter the lady  Scudamour wife of the say James and to make separation betwixt they and detain  her from her husband and upon her departure after sentence before the  commissioner for diverse contemptuous word against the court say that she  neither have law nor justice you and it be resolve that for detain of the wife  and endeavour to make separation no suit can he before the high commissioner  for that it be not any enormous offence within the meaning of the Act for the  detain of the wife there be remedy by the commonlaw without question for such  a offence they can imprison the wife by the word it do not appear that they be  speak in the court second it be no court of record for that they proceed  accord to the civil law and it be like the admiralty court and for this they  can imprison for none shall be commit for misdemeanour in court unless that  the court be of record it do not appear by the return what court this be which  be uncertain and upon this upon good consideration she be bail a a person who  have borrow money on a usurious transaction be a competent witness for the  plaintiff in a action for penalty against the lender and whether he have or  have not repay the money lend do not appear to make any essential difference  at least so far as his competency be affect Abraham who tam v Bunn burr smith  v Prager TR Phillips on evidence that edit starke on evidence Vid Vid ab trial  g f pi and note ib a this court be abolish by stat car cap coke report er p  but Randal and Hickins be this very term commit by the high commissioner for  that they be vehement suspect to be brownist c and they obtain a habeas corpus  and be remand for this that the high commissioner have power to commit for  heresy