The question on this appeal is whether or not the trial court erred, in an action for malicious prosecution, in its charge to the jury concerning the plaintiff's burden of proving the absence of probable cause. Because we find that the court erroneously declined to charge the jury that plaintiff must prove that the police were without probable cause to arrest him for harassment, the highest count charged in the complaint, we reverse.
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