Sweet v. Negus

Negus, defendant in error, brought his action against the plaintiff in error, in the Jackson circuit, for a malicious prosecution.

The complaint on which he was prosecuted, and upon which the warrant for his arrest was issued, was made by Jasper Sweet, one of the plaintiffs in error, signed and sworn to by him, charged that “Henry Negus did, ,on the 25th of April, 1873, at the township of Leoni, in said county, threaten to kill the cow of this complainant; and that from the above, and other threats Used by the said Henry Negus, he, the complainant, is afraid that the said Henry Negus will kill…