State v. Forline

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Johnston, J.:

Charles M. Forline filed a complaint and instituted a prosecution against seven persons, charging them with robbery in the third degree. At the trial the jury were instructed that the evidence was insufficient to sustain the charge, and the court directed that a verdict of not guilty should be rendered. A hearing was had upon the question whether there was probable cause for instituting the prosecution, and as to the motives of the complaining witness, and, after the jury had been instructed upon that question, it found that the…