Hess v. Fockler

i. slandee : evidence. The petition charges that the female defendant in presence of divers persons did maliciously and falsely accuse the female plaintiff of stealing certain table cloths belonging to defendants, by using the following false and defamatory language of and concerning the female plaintiff, to wit: “My table/( cloths are gone, and you know where they are gone. If you will bring the table cloths back, I will say nothing about it. You have got them. My husband has gone down town to get a warrant against you, to search your house for the table cloths and imprison you.” Answer in…