Worth v. Butler

— This was an action of slander brought -by Fanny Butler against Andrew Worth. The declaration states that the plaintiff is' and always has been an unmarried woman; that she had never been-suspected of being.guilty of fornication; that the defendant, on, &c., at said county, contriving, &c., in a certain discourse, &c., falsely and maliciously spoke and published of and concerning the plaintiff, who is and always has been an unmarried woman, the false, malicious, and defamatory words following, viz.: u I (the defendant meaning) have heard that Miss Fanny Butler (the plaintiff meaning) has had…