Jackson v. Goodman

On December 27, 1966, a night clerk at the St. Regis Hotel was killed during a robbery. On December 30, in a newspaper article about the investigation, the Detroit News printed the information that the St. Regis management had posted a $1,000 reward for any information leading to the arrest and conviction of the killer. On January 1, 1967, plaintiff Jackson proceeded to the Detroit Police Department and informed them that David Gauthier had killed the night clerk. The plaintiff then testified against Gauthier at both the preliminary examination and at the trial, and Gauthier was subsequently…