No man was entitled to seize unless he owned, or had a surety who owned, sufficient property for indemnity or adjustment in case the seizure should be found to have been wrongful.
An innocent person should be protected from wrongful accusation.
In regard to the claim for wrongful arrest, the trial judge held that the appellant's arrest had been lawful.
Thus, the present system remains intact and there is unlikely to be a flood of claims for wrongful conviction or unlawful detention.
Richard W. Gibson pleaded guilty this week to wrongful disclosure of individually identifiable health information for economic gain.
