Bailey v. Hyde
Supreme Court of Connecticut
THIS was an action of slander; which was tried on the general issue. The plaintiff, being post-master of the post-office in Lebanon, Samuel Bailey, a brother of his, put into such post-office, a letter directed to Jonathan Little, Esq. of New-York, in which was enclosed a treasury note, for 1000 dollars.
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THIS was an action of slander; which was tried on the general issue. The plaintiff, being post-master of the post-office in Lebanon, Samuel Bailey, a brother of his, put into such post-office, a letter directed to Jonathan Little, Esq. of New-York, in which was enclosed a treasury note, for 1000 dollars. This letter, with the note enclosed, the plaintiff put into the mail, and forwarded it, by the mail carrier to New-York, by the usual route through Franklin, Norwich and New-London; but, having been mislaid, by accident, in the post-office at New-London, it never arrived in New- York. During…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
A letter enclosing a treasury note for transmission, was put into the office, of which the plaintiff was post-master. The defendant said, meaning to charge him with larceny, that “ he had never sent the treasury note from his office, but had stolen it.” At the trial, the defendant offered to prove, that before the words charged in the declaration were spoken, the plaintiff had said, that “ the treasury note never left his office.” He likewise proposed to evince, that after the speaking of the words, the plaintiff affirmed, that “ his brother, Samuel Bailey, was the author, and…
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