Barnes v. Viall

These three actions of trespass and false imprisonment were submitted to the court without a jury. In July, 1876, the defendant Steere brought an action of tro-ver against the plaintiff Barnes in the supreme court of Rhode Island, and caused him to be arrested on mesne process. The plaintiff gave bail. After several trials a verdict was rendered for Steere for a large amount, and judgment was entered for him, upon which execution was issued and returned non est. On the third of December, 1878, Barnes was surrendered by his bail to the defendant Viall, the jailor of the Providence county jail,…