Bennett v. Crumpton

K. H. Bennett brought suit against R. H. Crump-, ton, in the city court of Dublin, for slander in using of and concern-him the following words: “It is the general belief among the negroes and a great many white people that K. H. Bennett broke open the smoke-house of Lee Tillery, a negro, and stole therefrom a quantity of meat and syrup.” The defendant filed the follow•ing plea: “that he did . . use the words.of and concerning the *477plaintiff as set out in the . . -petition, -and he asserts that the report concerning the plaintiff . . is and was true; and defendant stands ready to prove the…