Dexter v. Taber
New York Supreme Court
THIS was an action of slander, and was tried at the Ilerldmer Circuit, the 30th of May, 1814, before Mr. Justice Van Ness. The words charged were, “ you (the plaintiff) are a thief; you, (the plaintiff) are a damned , _ , The words proved at the trial to have been spoken by the defendant were : “ You (the plaintiff) are a thief, you stole hoop poles and saw logs from off Delancefs and Judge Myers’ » lana.
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THIS was an action of slander, and was tried at the Ilerldmer Circuit, the 30th of May, 1814, before Mr. Justice Van Ness. The words charged were, “ you (the plaintiff) are a thief; you, (the plaintiff) are a damned , _ , The words proved at the trial to have been spoken by the defendant were : “ You (the plaintiff) are a thief, you stole hoop poles and saw logs from off Delancefs and Judge Myers’ » lana. The witnesses said, that they supposed the words spoken, alluded to the cutting of standing timber, but they did not know the defendant’s meaning. . til - i« /.i -..i The judge told the…
1Per curiam
The motion for a new trial must be denied. The slanderous words charged in the declaration are, that the defendant said, to the plaintiff, 11 You are a thief.” The witness who proved the speaking of these: words, went on to explain in what connexion, and in reference to what subject the words were spoken, to wit, “ You are a thief, you have stolen hoop poles and saw logs from off Delancey's and Judge Myers's land,” alluding to certain wood lands belonging to those persons. The charge thus made may be equivocal and somewhat doubtful ; and had the whole charge, as made and proved, been set out…
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