Wall v. . Hoskins

This was an action for words spoken charging the plaintiff with taking — innuendo, stealing — some bank notes from the defendant at a place in the State of South Carolina. Plea, not guilty. On the trial the speaking of the words both in South Carolina and this State was proved, and the counsel for the plaintiff contended that they were actionable of themselves in the courts of this State. But the court held that the action could not be sustained unless the plaintiff proved that by the law of South Carolina stealing bank notes was a crime which subjected an offender to infamous punishment.…