Stewart v. Feeley

i. action for ^ onmenfcjusstructions. That plaintiff was arrested by defendant, who is a policeman in the city of Burlington, taken to the city jail, and there searched, locked in a cell, and within twenty minutes thereafter released by defendant and the station officer is conceded. The arrest was made about 9 o’clock a. m., and there is evidence tending to*show that it was accompanied by harsh, severe, and brutal treatment, although this is denied by defendant, and the jury accepted the denial as truth. Defendant pleaded in justification that he arrested plaintiff without a warrant under an…