Bumpus v. Fisher

This is an action of malicious trespass and false imprisonment, brought by appellant against appellees.

Appellees pleaded that Dupree was a Justice of the Peace, in Upshur county; that Fisher made an affidavit before him, containing a charge against said Bumpus, that “he did on the 13th Sept’r, A. D. 1856, lay violent hands on a negro slave, Alfred, a man, and unmercifully whip and.abuse said boy that a warrant was issued by said Justice on said charge, by which Bumpus was arrested and brought before him, and arraigned for trial; that Bumpus having demanded a jury, they brought in a verdict…