Stow v. Converse
Supreme Court of Connecticut
A new trial having been granted, pursuant to the advice of this Court, (ante, vol. 3. p. 325-347.) the cause was again tried at New-Haven, August term, 1820, before Hosmer, Ch. J. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and gave notice, as on the former trial, that he should offer evidence to prove the truth of the charges contained in the publication complained of.
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A new trial having been granted, pursuant to the advice of this Court, (ante, vol. 3. p. 325-347.) the cause was again tried at New-Haven, August term, 1820, before Hosmer, Ch. J. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and gave notice, as on the former trial, that he should offer evidence to prove the truth of the charges contained in the publication complained of. In opening the cause, the plaintiff omitted to read, and abandoned, the following words in the declaration, with the innuendoes explanatory of them: “Let those who have been compelled to pay their taxes to him, as collector of the…
1Opinion of the Court
Hosmer, Ch. J.
In delivering my opinion in this case, I shall attend to the objections made to the determination of the court below, as they are successively presented by the motion.
1. The plaintiff’s declaration contains the following words, being a part of the libel on which his action is founded: “Let those who have been compelled to pay their taxes to him,” (meaning the plaintiff) “as collector of the national tax, speak of his” (meaning the plaintiff’s) “fairness and impartiality in his” (meaning the plaintiff’s) “exactions, of the justness of his” (meaning the plaintiff’s) “demands, and…
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