Stucker v. Davis

Slander. The declaration, so far as it necessary to state it, alleges that a certain horse belonging to the defendant 'had been stolen, and that he, the defendant, in a conversation with divers persons of and concerning the plaintiff and of and concerning said larceny, falsely and maliciously spoke and published of and concerning the plaintiff and of and concerning said larceny the false, scandalous, and defamatory words following, to wit, I (meaning defendant) know who has my horse (meaning the horse so as aforesaid stolen); and he (the plaintiff meaning) has my horse. I (defendant meaning)…