Hart v. Crow

— This was an action on the case by Crow and wife against Hart for a libel on the plaintiffs, written and posted up by the defendant in a place of public resort. The declaration alleges that the defendant, wickedly and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiffs in their good name, &c., and to cause it to be believed by their neighbours and others that they had been and were guilty of the crimes‘of lying and stealing, and to subject them to the scorn of their neighbours, &c., did, on, &c., at, &c., falsely, wickedly, and maliciously, compose and publish of and concerning the plaintiffs a…