Hayden v. Hasbrouck

This is an action of trespass on the case for slander. The declaration alleges that “at divers meet ings of the women’s clubs to which the plaintiff and defendant belonged and at other gatherings of women held at divers dates not long before the time of the publishing of .said slander at divers places in the city of Providence, various sums of money and articles of personal property had been taken from the garments and handbags and pocketbooks of divers members and guests of said clubs under, circumstances which indicated that such money and articles had been stolen.” The facts thus alleged…