28 N.Y.S. 904 | N.Y. Sup. Ct. | 1894
This is an action of false imprisonment, and the counsel for the defendant well says, in his brief, that such a case would not be likely to happen in a lifetime. That such a coincidence should happen is remarkable, but I think it is clear that an arrest and detention or imprisonment were sufficiently proved to sustain a verdict for the plaintiff. The fact that the officer went into the presence of the plaintiff, inquired about the stolen property, showed