Hewitt v. Morley

This is an action for slander. There are several counts in the declaration. Omitting the legal verbiage, the allegations are as follows :

First count: ‘ ‘ She (plaintiff meaning) is a thief. ” ‘ ‘She stole five dollars from my hired man.” “She stole money from my children.” “She stole money from my wife.” “She stole sugar and soap.” “Ida Hewitt (plaintiff meaning) took five dollars from my hired man, two dollars from my wife, and some money from my children, —(meaning and intending thereby to charge the plaintiff with the crime of larceny).”

The second count charged the defamatory words to be:

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