Ram v Lamley
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1682 |
| Date | 01 January 1682 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
English Reports Citation: 123 E.R. 1139
THE COMMON PLEAS
kam versus lamley. Words. Spoken before a juat. peace. Norff. Bam brought an action upon the case again Lamley, and declared, that whereas he was bonus & legalis homo and free a suspitione felonite, the defendant maliciously went to the Major of Linn, and requested a warrant of him (being a justice of peace) against the plaintiff for stealing his ropes : the major said to him, Be advised and look what you do, the defendant said to the major, Sir, I will charge him with flat felony for stealing my ropes from my shop, quorum quidem verborum, &e. And after not guilty pleaded, and verdict for the plaintiff, Hitcham moved in arrest of judgment; and the Court unanimously resolved that these worda being spoken to the justice of peace when he came for his warrant, which was...
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