Case Name: JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM WILLIAMS and JAMES ARMSTRONG, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1874
Citations: 9 N.Y. Sup. Ct. 111
Docket Number: 
Parties: JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM WILLIAMS and JAMES ARMSTRONG, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Supreme Court Reports (Hun)
Volume: 9
Pages: 111–111

Head Matter:
JAMES WILLIAMS, Appellant, v. WILLIAM WILLIAMS and JAMES ARMSTRONG, Respondents.
Wa/rrant—presumptions in favor of—I/wnatia—power of police justice to authorize arrest of.
The plaintiff was arrested as a lunatic, on a warrant-issued by two of the police justices of the city of Albany, on a complaint, duly made, and the certificate of two reputable physicians of said city. The warrant described the plaintiff as “ James Annis Williams, of Knox,” and was directed to the overseer of the poor of the city of Albany, and to any policeman of said city, etc.; and one of the said justices, in writing, authorized Charles Gage, of the town of Knox, to execute the warrant.
In an action brought by the plaintiff to recover damages of the defendants who had arrested him in pursuance of said warrant, held, that every intendment was in favor of the jurisdiction of the magistrate, and that, from the fact that the warrant was issued in the city of Albany by magistrates who resided there, it was to be presumed that the lunatic was there at the time the warrant was issued. The statement in it that the lunatic was of the town of Knox, was a mere description of the person, and did not contradict the fact that he was in Albany when the warrant was issued.
Appeal from a judgment entered at the circuit, dismissing plaintiffs complaint.
E. J. Bennett, for the appellant.
J. H. Clute, for the respondent.

Opinion:
Opinion by Miller, P. J.
Present—Miller, P. J., Bockes and Boardman, JJ.
Judgment affirmed.