Brown v. Dawkins

Plaintiff on behalf of his minor son, Veldon Brown, sues S. D. Caw-kins and R. A. Carson for damages for •malicious prosecution and false imprisonment.

Carson having died pending the suit, his administratrix was made a party.

The defense is that defendants acted without malice and upon probable cause.

The proof shows that at about 8:30 P. M. on Sunday, April 9, 1922, about fifteen youths got on a freight train at Jonesboro and rode about two miles when they got off' and walked back to town, arriving there between 10 and 11 o’clock. Amongst these were Veldon Brown, Edward Brooks and Walter…