Ferrell v. . Siegle

The evidence introduced by plaintiff sustained fully the allegations of the complaint that the defendant had spoken on several occasions to different persons, and in divers places, that plaintiff, “Ferrell has been stealing electricity from the Savona Manufacturing Company, for the past seven years and he ought to be in the penitentiary.” It was also in evidence that defendant had likewise charged plaintiff, in the presence of several persons, of stealing towels, cloth, linen and lumber from the manufacturing company. Defendant charged’ also that plaintiff stole most of what he owned from the…