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stating that the "mere [acquittal] of the plaintiff did not indicate that there was no justification for making the arrest, nor did it show that probable cause did not exist"
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Argued April 29, 1937
Decided May 25, 1937
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Appellate Division, First Department.
Jas. Madison Blackwell and Martin A. Nathanson for appellant.
Lee Hazen for New York Civil Liberties Committee, amicus curiae. Martin Conboy, David Asch and Francis X. Walsh for respondents.
Judgment affirmed, with costs; no opinion.
Concur: CRANE, Ch. J., LEHMAN, O'BRIEN, HUBBS, LOUGHRAN, FINCH and RIPPEY, JJ.