Legal Opinion
Jennings v. Thompson
Supreme Court of New Jersey
Decided November 15, 1891PublishedCited by 3 opinions
On motion to strike oat a plea. Argued at June Term, 1891, before Justices Depue, Dixon and Reed.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Depue, J.
This was an action for trespass for assault and battery in arresting and imprisoning the plaintiff. The defendant, a constable of the county of Burlington, in his plea justified under the following process:
“ State of New Jersey, Burlington county, ss.—
“To the sheriff or to any constable of said county:
“Take John H. C. Jennings so that‘he personally be and appear before the judges of the Court of General
[d. s.] Quarter Sessions of the Peace, holden in and for the county of Burlington, at Mount Holly, on *56the 19th day of January instant, to give…
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