Kent v. City of Buffalo
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
1Opinion of the Court
Del Vecchio, J. P.
Defendant appeals from a $5,000 jury verdict in an action for libel.
On Saturday, July 1,1961, at about 7:00 p.m. an armed robbery was committed by four men. Three were quickly apprehended and taken to a Buffalo precinct. Plaintiff, walking home in the vicinity of the robbery, was picked up by the police, handcuffed and also taken to the precinct. While plaintiff was giving the police his name and address there, defendant’s news photographer took a photographic film of these four persons in handcuffs. Subsequent to the filming one of the other three in handcuffs said that…
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