Ballentyne v. Wickersham
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. The name of the presiding judge not disclosed by the record. This action was commenced on 4th June, 1881, by Hamilton Ballentyne against Morris D. Wickersham, to recover of the defendant damages “ for maliciously, and without probable cause therefor, causing the plaintiff to be arrested on a charge of libel.”
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Appeal from Mobile Circuit Court. The name of the presiding judge not disclosed by the record. This action was commenced on 4th June, 1881, by Hamilton Ballentyne against Morris D. Wickersham, to recover of the defendant damages “ for maliciously, and without probable cause therefor, causing the plaintiff to be arrested on a charge of libel.” The defendant pleaded, among other things, in substance, that the plaintiff having published and circulated certain libelous and defamatory matter of and concerning the defendant, the latter sued out a warrant of arrest, on affidavit, against the…
1Opinion of the CourtStone, J.
On February 12th, 1879, the act was approved “ To establish an Inferior Court of Criminal' Jurisdiction for the County of Mobile, and to define the jurisdiction of said court, and the criminal jurisdiction of justices of the peace in said county.” — Pamph. Acts, 1878-9, p. 111. The first fourteen' *535sections of the act are devoted to the subject of a criminal justice of Mobile county, declaring his jurisdiction and powers, and providing machinery for their exercise. The fifteenth section repeals or takes away all criminal jurisdiction, and quasi criminal jurisdiction of all other justices of…
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