Morrell v. Quarles
Supreme Court of Alabama
Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. The original complaint in this ease was as follows : “John Morrell h The plaintiff claims of tbe vs. V defendant tbe sum of one thou-¥m. H. Quarles.
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Appeal from the Circuit Court of Dallas. Tried before the Hon. Nat. Cook. The original complaint in this ease was as follows : “John Morrell h The plaintiff claims of tbe vs. V defendant tbe sum of one thou-¥m. H. Quarles. J sand dollars, for the apprehension of Charles A. Bell in tbe city of New Orleans, State of Louisiana, on or about the 16th November, 1855, and procuring his commitment or confinement in the jail in said State and city, the same being within the United States; it being the amount of a reward offered and published by the defendant, on the 1st November, 1855, for the…
1Opinion of the CourtA. J. Walker, C. J.
The amended complaint in this case avers, that Charles A. Bell committed an assault with intent to murder the defendant in the State of Alabama ; that afterwards the defendant published and circulated in printed hand-bills an offer of a reward of one thousand dollars for the apprehension of Bell, and his confinement in any jail of the United States, so that upon due notice he could have him broug’ht to justice at his further expense ; that knowing those facts, the plaintiff, being a police-officer in New Orleans, in the State of Louisiana, arrested Bell in that city, and procured his legal…
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