Lyons v. New York Herald Co.

The matter published concerning the plaintiff charges that he, the conductor of a street car, was in complicity with pickpockets upon the car. The defendant makes no contention that the words published were not libelous per se; and, indeed, there can be no reasonable ground for argument against the sufficiency of the complaint, so far. It is urged, however, that there is no actual identification of the plaintiff as the “ conductor ” in the articlo published, and that, upon the question of identity, the words employed fail to afford an indication that the plaintiff was intended which may be…