Hughes v. Van Bruggen

Plaintiff and appellee, Hughes, was prosecuted in the District Court of Colfax County upon the charge of theft of a bull rake belonging to defendant and appellant, Van Bruggen. The accused had theretofore been arrested upon a warrant issuing from a Justice of the Peace court and upon complaint signed by defendant. Plaintiff, as defendant in the criminal action, waived preliminary examination and was regularly bound over to await the action of the District Court, in which court he was thereafter, upon instructed verdict, acquitted. Thereafter suit was filed seeking damages from defendant for…