Sweet v. Post Publishing Co.

This is an action of tort to recover damages for the publication of an alleged libel upon the plaintiff, an attorney at law, in the “Boston Post” of August 13, 1907, a newspaper published by the defendant. The article complained of purported to give the names of six persons, who had been indicted by the Suffolk County grand jury for conspiracy to defraud persons unknown, and circumstances connected with their arrest. Amongst the names given as those of the persons indicted and arrested was that of the plaintiff. There was also a paragraph in the same article giving particulars as to the age,…