Adams v. Smith

This is an action on the case, for slander. The gravamen of the action is, that the appellant charged the appellee with having been guilty of the crime of larceny. The appellant pleaded justification, and a trial was had which resulted in a verdict for the appellee. A host of witnesses were examined on the trial, whose testimony is preserved in the record,, perhaps twice as many as were necessary to elucidate the case. It was eminently a case for the consideration of a jury, and we do not propose to enter upon a critical analysis of the evidence, the sufficiency of which, to sustain the…