Maghan v. Jerome

Plaintiff (below) was waitress in a boarding house in Washington City. Her employer had left a pocketbook containing money in a drawer in the dining room and a little later discovered that it had been stolen. She notified the police, and the two officers who are appellants here were sent to make an investigation. Prior to their arrival the pocketbook was found in a closet but the money was gone. Certain behavior of plaintiff aroused suspicion, and the officers questioned her, and upon their insistence she went with them to the station house where she was searched. No money was found, and she…