Ingo v. Koch

This is an action for false imprisonment brought against the sheriff and deputy sheriff of Westchester County, New York, and the warden and deputy warden of the county jail in which the plaintiff was confined, who were also deputy sheriffs. Emma H. Schmidt and Dr. Thomas Poultney Ellicott Mathews were also joined in the action as defendants and charged with participation in the tortious acts for which the other defendants were sued.

The plaintiff was indicted by the grand jury of Westchester County on January 28, 1936, for assault in the third degree. On the same day the district attorney…