Jenkins v. Gilligan
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Union District Court.— Hon. H. M. Towner, Judge. Action for malicious prosecution. The defendant 'appeals from judgment rendered on a uerdict against him.—
1Opinion of the Court
Ladd, J.—
On the 5th of April, 1904, the defendant caused the plaintiff to be arrested for the crime of robbery. On preliminary examination the accused was discharged, and in this action demands damages for that the prosecution was malicious and without probable cause. In the course of *177the trial defendant testified that in the night of February 28, 1904, plaintiff, accompanied by Bert Glazier, both being masked, came to his house, and, when the door was opened by him, presented revolvers and hy threats compelled him to give up a considerable sum of money. The plaintiff introduced evidence…
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