Ames v. Snider
Illinois Supreme Court
Writ of Error to the Circuit Court of LaSalle county; the Hon. Edwin S. Leland, Judge, presiding. This was an action on the case, brought by Cornelius Snider against Ziniri F. Ames, for malicious prosecution. The opinion of the court contains a summary of the facts of the case. On the trial, the jury found the defendant guilty, and assessed the plaintiff’s damages at $350, upon which judgment was rendered.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Scott
The court very properly refused to give the 14th instruction asked, for the reason the same principle was stated with sufficient accuracy in the 6th instruction of the series that was given; nor was there any error in admitting in evidence the docket of the justice of the peace. No doubt it is true it was not written up at the time it ought to have been, but the rights of defendant in error ought not to be affected by anv failure of the justice to do his duty in that regard. The only purpose for introducing the docket in evidence was to show the prosecution had been terminated, and this fact…
2Cases cited1 opinion
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