Gibbs v. Judge of Superior Court

Action for slander. The defendant was held to bail on two affidavits, which set out conversations with the affiants, in which the defendants had made grossly slanderous charges against the plaintiff. The declaration which was filed in the case contained numerous counts charging the defendant with having uttered the slanderous words in the presence and hearing of divers persons, naming none of them. The defendant pleaded to the declaration, and afterwards moved for an order that the defendant file a statement of the particulars of the alleged slander, and the court made the order. The…