Gardiner v. Mays
Appellate Court of Illinois
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Jefferson County; the Hon. O. C. Bogus, Judge, presiding.
1Opinion of the CourtWilkin, J.
This is an action on the case for malicious prosecution. By the declaration, appellant is charged with prosecuting appellee for an assault on one Joshua D. Gardiner without any reasonable or probable cause therefor; plea of not guilty, and trial by jury, verdict and judgment for plaintiff below for $50, and defendant appeals. It appears from the evidence that on the 17th of October, 1885, Joshua D. Gardiner, the father of appellee, at his home in the Tillage of Jefferson City, about 9 o’clock in .the evening, was assaulted and knocked to the ground by a blow on the head and robbed. Appellant…
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