Ward v. Colyhan

Suit by husband aud wife against the appellant for slanderous words spoken of the wife. The complaint is in two paragraphs. The first charges,that on, &c., Ward unlawfully and maliciously spoke the following false and slanderous words of the wife, that is to say: “She is a damned whore and a bitch.”

The second charges, that on, &c., Ward said in the heai'ing of divers persons: “That he” (meaning Patrick Curly) “went to see her” (meaning Winafred Colyhan) “for that purpose” -(meaning for the purpose of having criminal intercourse with her); which the plaintiffs say is false and slanderous.

The…