McNamara v. Pabst
Court of Appeals of Maryland
Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Hbuisler, L). Plaintiff’s first prayer was as follows: “The jury are instructed that if they find from the evidence that on or about the 10th day of May, 1918, the plaintiff was arrested and taken to the Northeastern Police Station on a warrant charging him with having committed the crime of false pretenses; that on the 30th day of May, 1918, said charge was heard before James A. Dawkins, Esq., the magistrate then…
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Appeal from the Court of Common Pleas of Baltimore City (Hbuisler, L). Plaintiff’s first prayer was as follows: “The jury are instructed that if they find from the evidence that on or about the 10th day of May, 1918, the plaintiff was arrested and taken to the Northeastern Police Station on a warrant charging him with having committed the crime of false pretenses; that on the 30th day of May, 1918, said charge was heard before James A. Dawkins, Esq., the magistrate then presiding at said police station, and after the conclusion of said hearing the plaintiff was committed to the Baltimore City…
1Opinion of the CourtThomas, J.
This appeal is from a judgment in favor of the plaintiff in a suit for malicious prosecution, and the only exception in the record is to the ruling of the court below on the prayers.
The plaintiff, who states that he was a “firshclass automobile mechanic,” in May, 1918, owned a “Powerplus Indian” motorcycle of the 1907 model, for which, according to his testimony, hei had paid $350.00, and which he had used for thirteen months. The plaintiff further testified that on Sat urday evening, May 14th, 1918, about 7 o’clock, he sold the motorcycle at bis home to Edward Hildebrand, a young man about…
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