Ritchie v. Stenius

Plaintiff sued defendant for verbal slander, charging him with having on May 25, 1886, on Croghan *564street, in the city of Detroit, in the presence of divers good citizens, said to plaintiff, in the presence of said citizens: “ Ritchie, you are a thief and a rogue and a robber, and I can prove it." Defendant pleaded the general issue. Defendant, on the trial before a jury, had verdict and judgment in the Wayne circuit court. Plaintiff brings error. Twenty errors are assigned, but in disposing of the case we need notice but few of them. It appears that plaintiff keeps a saloon on Croghan street,…