Grumon v. Raymond
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of trespass vi et armis, alleging an unlawful arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendants. The cause was tried at Fairfield, December term, 1813, before Reeve, Smith and Baldwin, Js. On the trial the case was as follows. The defendant Raymond was a justice of the peace for Fairfield county, and the defendant Betts was a constable of the town of Wilton.
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THIS was an action of trespass vi et armis, alleging an unlawful arrest and imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendants. The cause was tried at Fairfield, December term, 1813, before Reeve, Smith and Baldwin, Js. On the trial the case was as follows. The defendant Raymond was a justice of the peace for Fairfield county, and the defendant Betts was a constable of the town of Wilton. On the 1st of January 1813, one Terrel exhibited to Raymond, as a justice of the peace, a complaint in writing, setting forth that on the same day two bags of the value of one dollar, marked A. C. and M. M.…
1Opinion of the Court
Reeve, Ch. J.
That this warrant was such as no justice ought to have issued will be admitted ; for it is not only a warrant to search for stolen goods supposed to be concealed in a particular place, but it is a warrant to search all suspected places, stores, shops and barns in Wilton. Where those suspected places were in Wilton is not pointed out, or by whom suspected ; so that all the dwelling-houses and outhouses within the town of Wilton were by this warrant made liable to search. The officer also was directed to search suspected persons, and arrest them. By whom they were suspected,…
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