Thurber v. . B. and L. Assn.

The only evidence upon which the plaintiff was arrested for forgery was that the plaintiff was assignee of a certificate of stock which Latham testified he had assigned to one Smith on the false representations of Smith, and that Thurber's name was not mentioned and he did not know at the time that he was transferring the stock to Thurber, though it so appears now on the back of the certificate. This was certainly not sufficient to justify a warrant for forgery being sued out against Thurber. The warrant was sued out by counsel acting on behalf of this defendant. That criminal proceeding was…