Thomas v. Hinsdale

This was trespass, in the Superior Court of Cook county, brought by Harriet C. Thomas, plaintiff, against S. C. Hinsdale, S. C. Myers, and M. B. McDonough, defendants, and tried by a jury. Under instructions from the court for defendants, and to which plaintiff excepted, the jury found the defendants not guilty, on which the court, having overruled a motion for a new trial, rendered judgment against the plaintiff for costs, and she appeals.

The case is in a small compass.

Myers, it appears, came to Hinsdale’s office, who was an acting justice of the peace, early in the morning of Sunday, and…