Wood v. Commons

Case for slander. The declaration alleged that the defendant had said of the plaintiff that “ he stole wheat;” and that “he stole grain.” Pleas, the general issue and justification. Issues of fact; trial by jury; verdict and judgment for the plaintiff for 150 dollars. The suit was commenced in March, 1850.

The ninth plea, being a plea of justification, was, “that heretofore, to-wit, on the 1st day of October, 1849, at, &c., said plaintiff did steal, &c., two bushels of wheat, the property of one John Cromwell, of the value,” &c.

The tenth was, that, heretofore, to-wit, on the 1st day of July,…