Gray v. . Cartwright

Action for malicious prosecution. Defendant had prosecuted the plaintiff before a justice of the peace for stealing his cow, valued at $30; and the justice having, after hearing the evidence, adjudged that there was no probable cause for the accusation, and that the defendant in that case was not guilty, dismissed the proceeding and taxed the prosecutor with the costs. This .suit was thereupon brought by the plaintiff, and resulted in a verdict and judgment for the defendant, the jury, upon -issues submitted by the court, having found that there was probable cause.

At the trial of this case…