State v. Gurry

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Mr. Justice Boni-iam.

The defendant-appellant was tried at the spring, 1931, term of the Court of General Sessions for Eaurens County upon an indictment which charged him with slander. The specific allegations were.that he did, with malicious intent, originate, utter, circulate, and publish certain false statements against' A. J. Boling, a minister of the gospel.

The alleged false and malicious statement set out in the first count of the indictment was to the effect that the said A. J. Boling had been posing as a single man and had been going to…