Christian v. Meigs

The suit was for false imprisonment. A deputy sheriff is averred to have arrested plaintiff, under a warrant duly charging a felony, on which was indorsed by the clerk issuing the process, “The officer arresting may admit the defendant to bail upon his entering into bond in the sum of $5,000,” and plaintiff was taken, under the foregoing process, to the county jail, where he was soon after released on bail, approved by the sheriff. The offense for which plaintiff was arrested is averred to have been “obtaining signature by false pretenses.” This is a felony. Code, § 6921; Addington v. State,…