State v. . Brown

The defendant is charged, under section 1113 of The Code, with attempting, in a wanton and malicious manner, to destroy the reputation of one Sue C. Smith, an innocent woman, by the speaking of the words set out in the indictment and imputing incontinency, he well knowing them to be false when so uttered. Upon his arraignment and plea of not guilty he was tried and convicted before the jury, and from the judgment rendered thereon appealed to this Court.

The prosecutrix, introduced by the State, testified that neither had the defendant nor any other man ever had sexual connection with her,…