Jennings v. Loring

Trespass for an alleged false imprisonment of Jennings. Plea, the general issue. Verdict and judgment for the defendants.

The evidence is all made part of the record.

The plaintiff, Jennings, had sold a lot of blacksmith’s tools to one of the defendants, who was dilatory about paying for them. Jermings, impatient of the delay, broke into the shop and took the tools.

Loring filed an affidavit and took out a warrant against Jennings for larceny. The defendants are Loring, Ruple, the justice who issued the warrant, Liggit, who served it, and Colt, who was a witness on behalf of the state. The…