Newhall v. Egan

The action is trespass for assault and battery and false imprisonment, brought in the Superior Court for the counties of Providence and Bristol, against Charles R. Egan, James A. Lee, and John J. Toole, all of the city of Providence.

The declaration alleged that on the 24th day of March, 1906, the defendants assaulted and arrested the plaintiff, and took him through divers streets to the Central Police Station in said city, and there unlawfully detained him for the space of three hours. There were in addition two formal counts, one for false imprisonment and one for assault.

The defendant Toole…