Monday, Mar. 12, 1928
"False Arrest"
There was no warrant or written complaint against Frederick Jockell, attorney of Mount Vernon, N. Y. Yet he was arrested in Manhattan on a charge of grand larceny, clapped into jail with "a howling Chinaman." So, claiming that he had been humiliated, Mr. Jockell sued Detective John J. Quinn (who arrested him) for $25,000. Last week a jury upheld Mr. Jockell to the extent of $1,000. Presiding Justice Joseph Morschauser of the New York Supreme Court added: "The verdict should have been ten times as much, so as to teach New York police officers to be more careful in making arrests. Whenever I go into the city I do not know whether or not I'll get out again without being arrested. As a result I take the first train out into the country again that I can."