Burk v. Knott

SAMFORD, X

The case made by the testimony of plaintiff and his witnesses tends to establish that plaintiff and his wife, whom he had recently married in De Kalb county, Ala., were on a “honeymoon” trip to Attalla, Ala.; that there they obtained a room at a rooming house, which they occupied together in an orderly manner for several days; that they were guilty of no violations of law; that the defendants, representing themselves as police officers, came to plaintiff’s room in the daytime, while he and his wife were there and plaintiff was partially undressed, demanded admittance, and, charging…