Henry v. Hamilton

— This was an action of slander by Hamilton against Henry. The declaration alleges that, on, &c., a certain action, wherein the state was plaintiff and the defendant and others were defendants, was tried before a certain justice of the peace; that, on the trial, the plaintiff was produced and sworn as a witness on behalf of the state, on a point material to the issue, &c.; that the defendant, in a conversation of and concerning that trial, &c., charged the plaintiff with having sworn falsely. The words alleged to have been spoken by the defendant are laid in various forms, amounting, in…