Cook v. Hastings

The three defendants are each members of the police force of the city of Detroit. December 6, 1904, between 8 and 9 p. m., defendant Hastings arrested plaintiff on Columbia street in said city of Detroit. Hastings was looking for a man who had been exposing his person to women and children, and — stating the facts most favorably to defendants — he believed and had reason to believe plaintiff to be that man. The arrest was made because of that belief, and because plaintiff refused to state his name or his business, and gave a false explanation (perhaps it was a false explanation) for waiting…