Burke v. Stewart
Appellate Court of Illinois
Action for Slander.—Trial in the Circuit Court of McHenry County; the Hon. John C. Garter, Judge, presiding. Verdict and judgment for plaintiff. Appeal by defendant.
1Opinion of the Court
Mr. Presiding Justice Dibell
delivered the opinion of the court.
This was an action on the case brought by Sarah L. Stewart against John Burke. The declaration averred plaintiff was a married woman, having a family of children, and that defendant falsely and maliciously said of her in a public discourse, “ She is a whore,” and spoke other like words, set out in full in the declaration, implying that plaintiff was a lascivious woman, and that defendant had had sexual intercourse with her, and that sexual intercourse could be had with her for a dollar any time, and other like statements; and the…
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