Dupont Rayon Co. v. Henson

While a law student at Lebanon, Henson, with a companion, drove into the town of Old Hickory, about dark, with only one head light on and no tail light on his car. He was arrested when he stopped on the public highway running through the town by J. P. Moore, holding a commission as deputy sheriff from the sheriff of Davidson County, and held a prisoner pending- the making of bond for his appearance for trial. Details o'f his treatment while under arrest, complained of, and as to which there is some conflict in the evidence, and, also, of his subsequent prosecution, are not necessary to be set…