The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Amendment VIII, Document 6
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Amendment VIII
Document 6
Connecticut Constitutional Ordinance
OF 1776
Poore 1:258
4. And that no Man's Person shall be restrained, or imprisoned, by any authority whatsoever, before the Law hath sentenced him thereunto, if he can and will give sufficient Security, Bail, or Mainprize for his Appearance and good Behaviour in the mean Time, unless it be for Capital Crimes, Contempt in open Court, or in such Cases wherein some express Law doth allow of, or order the same.
The Founders' Constitution
Volume 5, Amendment VIII, Document 6
http://press-pubs.uchicago.edu/founders/documents/amendVIIIs6.html
The University of Chicago Press