Woodruff v. Richardson
Supreme Court of Connecticut
This was an action of slander, for charging the plaintiff with dishonesty, at different times, and in various forms of speech, which were set forth in eleven counts of the declaration. The words stated in the first count were&emdash;“ He (the plaintiff.) is a damned thief. He has robbed me of more than a thousand dollars; and he isa damned robber.”
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This was an action of slander, for charging the plaintiff with dishonesty, at different times, and in various forms of speech, which were set forth in eleven counts of the declaration. The words stated in the first count were&emdash;“ He (the plaintiff.) is a damned thief. He has robbed me of more than a thousand dollars; and he isa damned robber.” The words stated in the second count, alleged to have been addressed to Hiram Woodruff, father of the plaintiff', were&emdash;“ I am going to see a lawyer, to have your son (the plaintiff,) arrested and put in jail, for swindling me out of my…
1Opinion of the Court
Church, Ch. J.
1. The motion in arrest of the judgment in this case, we think, must be overruled.
We differ in opinion whether the misconduct of the juror, asserted in the motion, was of that character and aggravation as should be adjudged a sufficient ground for a new trial. That it was a violation of the juror’s oath, and for other reasons, highly censurable, we believe. However this may be, we unite in the opinion, that the motion in arrest is insufficient, because it does not aver, that the defendant was ignorant of the misconduct of the juror while the cause was on trial before the jury.…
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