Beebe v. State

This is a claim against the State of New York for damages resulting from the alleged false imprisonment and illegal arrest of the claimant by members of the State Police.

This case was heard by a distinguished member of this court, Honorable Charles T. Major, who passed away before he was able to hand down his decision. By stipulation of counsel, this matter is being adjudicated upon the record.

The facts are not much in dispute. On August 3, 1958, on Grenadier Island in the St. Lawrence River, Province of Ontario, Canada, a woman by the name of Myrtle Hefalen, was assaulted and robbed. Under…