Powers v. Presgroves
Mississippi Supreme Court
ERROR to the Circuit Court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. William Cothran, judge. This was an action of slander by Presgroves against Powers. The words complained of are, that the defendant said to the plaintiff : “ You are a d — d old perjured son of a b — h, and you stole cows, and I can prove it.”
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ERROR to the Circuit Court of Tallahatchie county. Hon. William Cothran, judge. This was an action of slander by Presgroves against Powers. The words complained of are, that the defendant said to the plaintiff : “ You are a d — d old perjured son of a b — h, and you stole cows, and I can prove it.” The defendant pleaded not guilty, and gave the following notice: “ Defendant will prove, under the above plea, the truth of the words of which the plaintiff complains in his declaration.” After the jury had been empanelled, the plaintiff’s counsel, by the consent of defendant, called the court’s…
1Opinion of the CourtHarris, J.
This is an action of slander, brought by the defendant in error against the plaintiff.
The plaintiff in error relied on the general issue, and special notice of justification.
The two first causes of error assigned relate to the organizatioii of the jury.
It was moved by the defendant below before proceeding to trial, that the court should have each juror sworn to answer questions, as to whether he had formed or expressed an opinion in the case, and it was offered to be proved to the court as a ground for this inquiry, that the case was one of great notoriety in the county, and that there was…
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