McCullough v. Rice

— In this action, the appellee, as plaintiff, sued the appellant, as defendant, in the court below, to recover -damages for an alleged malicious prosecution.

In his complaint, the appellee alleged, in substance, that, on the 1st day of August, 1875, the appellant did, at Newton county, Indiana, falsely and maliciously, and without any reasonable or probable cause whatever, ■charge the appellee, before one David M. Pulver, a justice of the peace of said county, with having committed :a certain offence against the laws of this State, known as .■grand larceny, to wit: he then and there charged…