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Patrick H. Lynch, in error v. William Gannon, in error
1. An affidavit of illegality cannot go behind the judgment. Any defense arising before a judgment must be pleaded before judgment. Held, that the court was right in charging, and the jury'in finding against the affidavit of illegality, and that the execution was properly ordered to proceed' — -no case being made on the facts of any defense even before judgment, much less of any defense arising after the judgment.