Jones v. Wilmington & Weldon Railroad
Supreme Court of North Carolina
Civil AotioN for malicious prosecution, tried before Bob-insonj J., and a jury at March Term, 1899, of CumbeelaNd Superior Court. The plaintiff, William Wright Jones, was arrested upon a State warrant sworn out by a detective of the defendant, upon a charge of breaking the insulators and rocking the railroad train of defendant.
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Civil AotioN for malicious prosecution, tried before Bob-insonj J., and a jury at March Term, 1899, of CumbeelaNd Superior Court. The plaintiff, William Wright Jones, was arrested upon a State warrant sworn out by a detective of the defendant, upon a charge of breaking the insulators and rocking the railroad train of defendant. The plaintiff was arrested by a constable at his home near Dunn, was handcuffed in presence of his mother and family, bail offered and refused, and was taken to Fayetteville and lodged in jail. The next day he was admitted to bail by the Justice, waived a preliminary,…
1Opinion of the CourtMontgomery, J.
The plaintiff was arrested under a warrant sworn out at the instance of the defendant, in which he was charged with unlawfully injuring the telegraph poles of the defendant, and also with unlawfully and maliciously throwing stones at their trains. The plaintiff waived a preliminary examination before the Justice of the Peace, and gave bond for his appearance at the next term of the Superior Court. A bill of indictment was sent to tbe grand jury, but it was ignored, and tbe plaintiff discharged, and soon thereafter this action was commenced by the plaintiff against the defendant for malicious…
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