Brish v. Carter
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Phelps, J.) Plaintiff's Second Prayer.—If the jury believe from the evidence that plaintiff offered defendant, John Baker, money sufficient to pay for a telephone or telegraphic message to Sheriff Patterson of Frederick County, Maryland, Mayor William F. Chilton of Frederick City, Maryland, or Murray Brish and at the time of said offer, told John Baker that any one of them would prove his innocence, and that said John Baker…
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Appeal from the Superior Court of Baltimore City (Phelps, J.) Plaintiff's Second Prayer.—If the jury believe from the evidence that plaintiff offered defendant, John Baker, money sufficient to pay for a telephone or telegraphic message to Sheriff Patterson of Frederick County, Maryland, Mayor William F. Chilton of Frederick City, Maryland, or Murray Brish and at the time of said offer, told John Baker that any one of them would prove his innocence, and that said John Baker refused to accept said money or to allow him to send a message to either Patterson, Chilton or Brish, then the plaintiff…
1Opinion of the CourtPage, J.
This is an action of false imprisonment brought by the appellant against the appellee. There is no question raised upon the pleadings.
The facts are substantially as follows, viz., the appellant with one John D. Hammond, arrived in Baltimore City, bringing with him a horse, owned by his uncle, Murray Brish of Frederick City. About one o’clock of the same day they were arrested by the police of Baltimore City, taken to the Northwestern Police Station, searched and committed to a cell. The arrest was made without warrant. At the station house, on being questioned, the appellant told the officers…
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