Steele v. Southwick
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action for a libel. The first count stated that the plaintiff was sworn, and examined as a witness, in a cause tried at the circuit, in Albany, in which this defendant was plain-till) and Harry Crosrvell defendant; that the plaintiff is a bookseller and stationer, in Albany, and has for a sign, a book lettered “ Bibleand that the defendant, maliciously intending, &c. on the 5th December, 1809, printed, &c. in “ The Albany Register,” a certain false, &c. libel, of…
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THIS was an action for a libel. The first count stated that the plaintiff was sworn, and examined as a witness, in a cause tried at the circuit, in Albany, in which this defendant was plain-till) and Harry Crosrvell defendant; that the plaintiff is a bookseller and stationer, in Albany, and has for a sign, a book lettered “ Bibleand that the defendant, maliciously intending, &c. on the 5th December, 1809, printed, &c. in “ The Albany Register,” a certain false, &c. libel, of and concerning the plaintiff, &c, as follows: “ Affidavits. Our army swore terribly in Flanders, said Uncle Toby ; and…
1Per curiam
The plaintiff in the first count, avers, that he had been called to testify, as a witness, in behalf of Harry Croswell, in a suit brought by the present defendant against the said Croswell, and that the defendant, afterwards, and with a view to injure the character and credit of the plaintiff maliciously published the words stated in that count, in which the plaintiff is represented, as swearing “ terribly,” and as being “ no slouch at swearing to an old story.” These words import that he swore with levity, and rashly, and inconsiderately, without due regard to the solemnity of the oath, or…
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