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"False imprisonment" Quotes from Famous Books

... condition in which she had been left I knew not; and I resolved to go down to the vicarage, and make inquiries. I did not, however, set off until a legal adviser had been sent for by General O'Brien, and due notice given to Lord Privilege of an action to be immediately brought against him for false imprisonment. ...

— Peter Simple and The Three Cutters, Vol. 1-2 • Frederick Marryat

... madhouse proprietor only. That, therefore, is the statutory exception, and tends to confirm the common right. If the facts are as represented (on which, of course, I can form no opinion), Mr. Hardie can safely sue the person who signed the order for his alleged false imprisonment. ...

— Hard Cash • Charles Reade

... said Alibi; "but I should not be in the least surprised if that Wideawake, who represented the prisoner, brought an action against you for false imprisonment ...

— The Humourous Story of Farmer Bumpkin's Lawsuit • Richard Harris

... man; upon an illegal warrant, without proper evidence, attacked, robbed, put in jail; all for having a few harmless publications about him. Why does not this persecuted man bring his action for false imprisonment? Why do not his counsel advise it? The warrant was issued upon probable cause on oath. The magistrate was bound to issue it, but it made the constable the judge of what were incendiary papers! Yes! and had the constable have ...

— The Trial of Reuben Crandall, M.D. Charged with Publishing and Circulating Seditious and Incendiary Papers, &c. in the District of Columbia, with the Intent of Exciting Servile Insurrection. • Unknown

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