People v. Jones

Defendants, detectives in the metropolitan police department of the city of Detroit, were convicted of assault and battery. Defendant Jones has held the rank of detective for over 14 years, and defendant Conaster has held a similar position for over 9 years. They arrested the prosecuting witness, Frank Eoberson, on the complaint of a woman who claimed that she had been defrauded of about $100 by a “pocketbook trick.” Defendants were assigned the investigation of her case. She identified the prosecuting witness as one of the men who had defrauded her from pictures of confidence men shown her…