Russo v. State

This claim is filed to recover damages for personal injuries sustained by the claimant when an automobile in which he was riding left the highway and overturned. The automobile was owned by the State of New York and driven by a member of the State police.

On March 19, 1937, a warrant for claimant’s arrest was issued by a justice of the peace of the town of Cazenovia. The State trooper, named Merrill, arrested the claimamt and brought him before the justice of the peace where he pleaded not guilty. He was thereupon committed to the Madison county jail to appear for trial at a later date. It was…