George v. Leonard

PARKER, Circuit Judge.

This is an appeal from a judgment for defendant on a directed verdict in a case wherein plaintiff asks damages on account of malicious abuse of criminal process. Plaintiff was arrested on a warrant sworn out under the direction of defendant charging breach of trust with fraudulent intent, a felony under the law of South Carolina. After being kept in jail for a few hours, he was released on bail; and, after he had made payment to defendant’s representative to cover part of an alleged shortage in the number of turkeys entrusted to his keeping, the prosecution against him…