McGann v. Allen

We take up first the assignment of error based upon the setting aside of the verdict. The plaintiff offered evidence to prove that: At about one o’clock ’on the morning of February 19th, 1925, after plaintiff had retired, the defendant Madigan, an officer on the Hartford police force, came to her residence, informed her that he had a warrant for her arrest, that a Mrs. Blasdell, an employee in Sage-Alien Company’s store, had made a confession that she had stolen several thousand dollars worth of their goods and had sold plaintiff two dresses knowing the price was way below the selling price.…