Williams v. Altruda

This action in trespass against the defendant, a police officer of the city of Providence, was tried to a jury in the superior court and resulted in a general verdict for the plaintiff in the sum of $1000. Defendant’s motion for a new trial was heard and denied. Broadly speaking, his exceptions before us claim error in the denial of a motion for a continuance, which he made immediately before going to trial, on the ground that there was then public excitement and prejudice against the police as a result of certain newspaper articles; in the admission of certain photographs and X-ray films; in…