Mannon v. Frick

[160] The present suit is one for damages, actual and punitive, in which it is alleged that 'the defendants wrongfully and fraudulently conspired to, and did, extort money from the plaintiff under a threat of prosecuting him for statutory rape. Defendant Frick was then the Prosecuting Attorney of Putnam [161] County, having been appointed shortly prior to the occurrences in question, and defendant Beary was the Sheriff of that county; the corporate defendant had executed the sheriff’s bond. The trial court directed a verdict for the sheriff and the corporate bondsman, and the jury returned a…