Stone v. Stevens
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action on the case for a malicious arrest, under a search-warrant; tried at New-Haven, January term, 1837, before Church, J. On the trial, the plaintiff introduced the original complaint and search-warrant set forth in the declaration, accompanied with satisfactory parol proof, that the warrant was issued and served, at the instigation and by the procurement of the defendant ; that the body of the plaintiff was arrested thereon ; and that he was tried, and…
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This was an action on the case for a malicious arrest, under a search-warrant; tried at New-Haven, January term, 1837, before Church, J. On the trial, the plaintiff introduced the original complaint and search-warrant set forth in the declaration, accompanied with satisfactory parol proof, that the warrant was issued and served, at the instigation and by the procurement of the defendant ; that the body of the plaintiff was arrested thereon ; and that he was tried, and finally acquitted and discharged. In addition to this evidence, the plaintiff offered a document, purporting to be an…
1Opinion of the CourtHuntington, J.
Exceptions were taken to the proceedings in the court below, which appear on the motion for a new trial, and to the decision of the judge refusing to receive the motion to set aside the verdict, which is the foundation of the motion in error.
The court admitted a copy of a document, purporting to be a record of Joseph Bennett, a justice of the peace, as evidence conducing to prove the arrest, prosecution, trial and acquittal of the plaintiff, on the search-warrant, as alleged in the declaration. The defendant insists, that his objection to this evidence should have been sustained. He supposes…
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