Tindle v. Nichols
Supreme Court of Missouri
Error to Cedar Circuit Court. Tbe facts are sufficiently stated in the opinion of the court. The court erred in requiring the grand jurors to testify and disclose the evidence given by Mrs. Tindle before the grand jury. (Art. 3, secs. 15 and 17, tit. Practice and Proceedings in Criminal Cases, R. C. 1845. 1 Grreenl. Ev. §252. IB Maine, 82. 2 Halstead, 347. 1 Chitty’s Crim. Law, 316. 2 Hale, 161. Roscoe’s Crim. Ev. 149.)
1Opinion of the CourtRyland, Judge
The plaintiffs bring their action for slanderous words spoken by defendant of and concerning the wife of the plaintiff. The defendant justifies the speaking of the words by alleging their truth; that the plaintiff’s wife, as a witness before the grand jury, did swear falsely in a certain matter then under the investigation of the grand jury of Cedar county. There is no objection to the plaintiff’s petition or to the defendant’s answer.
On the trial of the case, the defendant, in order to prove his answer, introduced several of the grand jurors as witnesses. These witnesses were called on to…
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