Anonymous

The words charged are not actionable per se. To make them such it is not enough that the charge thereby imputed was one involving turpitude in a moral sense, but it must constitute an indictable offence, upon conviction of which punishment may be inflicted. (Young v. Miller, 3 Hill, 21; Crawford v.Wilson, 4 Barb., 504.) The charge in the present case, if true, would not subject the plaintiff to an indictment for any criminal offence. In this I exclude any idea that an indecent public exposure of the person was included in the charge made by the defendant. There was no evidence tending to show…