Carpenter v. Willey
Supreme Court of Vermont
Action for slander. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June term, Orange county, 1891, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The declaration alleged, and the evidence of the plaintiff tended to prove, that the defendant had slandered the plaintiff by calling her a whore, thereby charging her with the crime of adultery, she being a married woman..
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Action for slander. Plea, the general issue. Trial by jury at the June term, Orange county, 1891, Taft, J., presiding. Verdict and judgment for the plaintiff. The defendant excepts. The declaration alleged, and the evidence of the plaintiff tended to prove, that the defendant had slandered the plaintiff by calling her a whore, thereby charging her with the crime of adultery, she being a married woman.. Upon the 'trial of the case the following exceptions were taken : 1. The plaintiff proposed to show by one Fay that the defendant on other occasions than those mentioned in the declaration had…
1Opinion of the CourtThompson, J.
The testimony of thewitnesses,Fayand Ames, was clearly admissible. It tended to prove an admission by the defendant of the speaking by him of the slanderous words charged in the declaration. Fay’s testimony also tended to prove an attempt by the defendant to manufacture evidence with which to impeach the plaintiff’s character. The fact that Fay’s testimony was not responsive to the questions put to him did not render it inadmissible for that reason.
The witness Lord, improved by the plaintiff, was a material witness, as his testimony tended to prove the speaking by the defendant of the…
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