A complaint to police resulting in arrest without warrant, where no charges are laid and no court process is commenced, does not constitute a 'prosecution' for the purposes of the tort of malicious prosecution. The tort requires that judicial process has been invoked or commenced. Pleadings for malicious prosecution must identify the elements of the tort as material allegations, not merely as particulars, and must plead material facts rather than evidence.
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