Clark v. Kelly

MilleR, Judge.-

Plaintiff, a citizen and resident of Virginia, sued defendant, jailer of the City of Charleston, West Virginia, for alleged personal wrongs and injuries inflicted upon her by him. On the trial the jury returned a verdict for plaintiff for four hundred dollars, which, on defendant’s motion, the circuit court set aside and awarded him a new trial, to which judgment we awarded the present writ of error.

The issues tried were presented by defendant’s plea of not guilty. The declaration is in two counts. The first alleges plaintiff’s arrest, while she was visiting at the home of her…