Grimes v. Coyle
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Appeal frojm the Anderson Circuit. r{ Case. Case 61. The case stated facts appearing in the record. ' Judgment of the Circuit Court. instructions tiffeandyreFuse¿ Instructions given by the Court. Probable cause is an inappropriate defence for speaking- slanderous words, and instructions based upon its sufficiency as a defence, should not be given without showing a justifiable cause, occasion, and object in uttering the words.
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Appeal frojm the Anderson Circuit. r{ Case. Case 61. The case stated facts appearing in the record. ' Judgment of the Circuit Court. instructions tiffeandyreFuse¿ Instructions given by the Court. Probable cause is an inappropriate defence for speaking- slanderous words, and instructions based upon its sufficiency as a defence, should not be given without showing a justifiable cause, occasion, and object in uttering the words. Instructions to a jury should be given in a plain, intelligible style, and not in an ambiguous or involved form. Expressions of ednponfaetsdetailed, prudently made, and…
1Opinion of the CourtChief Justice Ewihc
This is'jan action of slander, brought by Coyle against Grimes, for giving utterance to his suspicions that Coyle had broken into his and Williams5 store and stolen' money, of which the store had been robbed.
It appears on a certain Sabbath night, while Grimes and his clerk were at church, that some person had entered the door of the store house, which was susceptible of being opened from without, and stolen from seventeen to nineteen hundred dollars.' That on the next day Williams, the other partner, who lived in the country, was sent for, and a few prominent merchants of the town were called…
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