Nichols v. Hayes
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of slander. The declaration contained four counts. The first alleged, that the plaintiff had always sustained a fair character for honesty and integrity, and had never been suspected of the crime of forgery ; yet the defendant, well knowing the premises, but wickedly and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff, and expose him to a prosecution for the crime of forgery, did, on the 1st day of January, 1838, at Monroe, in the presence and hearing of…
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This was an action of slander. The declaration contained four counts. The first alleged, that the plaintiff had always sustained a fair character for honesty and integrity, and had never been suspected of the crime of forgery ; yet the defendant, well knowing the premises, but wickedly and maliciously intending to injure the plaintiff, and expose him to a prosecution for the crime of forgery, did, on the 1st day of January, 1838, at Monroe, in the presence and hearing of divers persons, utter and publish of and concerning the plaintiff, the following false, scandalous and malicious words,…
1Opinion of the CourtWaite, J.
The plaintiff having obtained a verdict upon the first count in his declaration, the defendant moved in arrest of judgment upon the ground of the insufficiency of that count. The words alleged to have been spoken are — “ He has been guilty of forgery” — “ He has forged a receipt” — “ He has altered a receipt.” Here is manifestly a charge of forgery. A crime is imputed to the plaintiff. The words — “ He has been guilty of forgery” — “ He has forged a receipt” — are clearly actionable. The effect of those words is not at all impaired or weakened, by the subsequent words — “ He has alter-*163There…
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