Egan v. State

—Judgment affirmed, with costs. Memorandum: On sufficient evidence, the court below found that the State Police sergeant failed to make a reasonably careful examination of the Egan car to determine whether it was the one for which he was looking, failed to inform the claimants that he was a police officer and of the nature of the charge against them, before he attempted to place them under arrest, and that he was negligent in these particulars. Unless a felony is being committed in his presence, a peace officer, who attempts to make an arrest without a warrant, must disclose his authority and…