Guard v. Risk

Action of slander by Lucinda Risk against William N. Guard. The complaint charges that the defendant, on, &c., at, &c., spoke the following false and slanderous words of the plaintiff, viz.: “ That he could prove that Lucinda Risk [meaning the plaintiff] slept with George Vestill two nights; and that we all know that she [meaning the plaintiff] had the bad disorder, by the scales which she [meaning the plaintiff] had on her face.” Thereby meaning that she, the plaintiff, had committed fornication, whereby she is damaged, &c.

The answer contains — 1. A general denial; 2. The statute of…