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DYNES v. HOOVER

61 U.S. 65 (____)

20 How. 65

FRANK DYNES, PLAINTIFF IN ERROR, v. JONAH D. HOOVER.

Supreme Court of United States.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

The case was argued by Mr. Charles Lee Jones for the plaintiff in error, and by Mr. Gillet for the defendant. There was also a brief on that side, filed by Mr. Cushing, the late Attorney General.

Mr. Justice WAYNE delivered the opinion of the court.

The plaintiff brought an action for assault and battery and false imprisonment, charging that the defendant imprisoned him in the penitentiary of the District of Columbia. The defendant pleaded the general issue, and several special pleas, in which he denied the force and injury, and set up, that he, as marshal of the District of Columbia, imprisoned the plaintiff by virtue...

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