Sigmon v. . Shell
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at November Term, 1913, of Catawba. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for the unlawful arrest and false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendant. The arrest was made for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Hickory forbidding drunkenness and cursing in a public place in said city.
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Appeal by defendant from Cline, J., at November Term, 1913, of Catawba. Tbis action was brought to recover damages for the unlawful arrest and false imprisonment of the plaintiff by the defendant. The arrest was made for the violation of an ordinance of the city of Hickory forbidding drunkenness and cursing in a public place in said city. Plaintiff alleges that the defendant, a policeman of the city, arrested him, without a warrant, for cursing and being drunk on the streets, when neither charge was true, and defendant says that he was drunk and cursing on the streets near Abernathy’s…
1Opinion of the Court
Walker, J.,
after stating the case:. An inspection of the record will show that this case was carefully tried below, and the issues, evidence, and law bearing thereon were so clearly and fully explained by the learned judge who presided at the trial, to the jury, that we do not think there could have been any misunderstanding of the questions involved. Many exceptions were taken to the charge of "the court, but it appears therefrom that the court instructed -the jury in strict accordance with the principles applicable to such cases as have been settled by this Court. The charge is supported by…
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