Sheldon v. . Carpenter

This was an action of slander against the defendant for having charged the plaintiff with having passed counterfeit money. The words were proved to have been spoken apparently with a view, and for the purpose of causing the plaintiff to be arrested and taken from Rockland county to the city of New-York, where the defendant said he would make good the charge on the following day. The plaintiff was arrested upon this charge at the defendant's express request, and taken to the city of New-York and confined there in jail until the following day, when he was brought before a magistrate and accused…