Bardascini v. Reedy

The defendant is a Town Justice of the Town of Galway, Saratoga County, and the action against him is one for damages for false arrest and imprisonment. It appears that on May 16, 1972 plaintiff became the subject of a complaint of trespass and harassment lodged against him by a neighbor. The appropriate accusatory instruments were prepared by a Deputy Sheriff, with the complainant’s assistance, in the office area of defendant’s home designated for the conduct of judicial business. Plaintiff voluntarily arrived there at about the same time, but the sequence of what occurred thereafter is…