Moser v. Fulk

Silas Fulk, Reid Joyce and Ralph W. Boyles, the defendants, were acting deputy sheriffs of Stokes County at the times alleged in the complaint. On 5 or 7 December, 1947, the plaintiff got into a taxicab at Timmons Crossroads, Stokes County, near Richard Clifton’s Store. About 15 or 20 people were there. The three defendants arrested' him on a charge of public drunkenness in a public place, took him out of the taxicab and carried him to jail in Danbury, and locked him up. Within 30 or 35 minutes the plaintiff was released from jail. On 12 December, 1947, the defendant Silas Fulk swore out a…