John M'adams v. William Reney

Pee CüRIAM.

This is an action of slander brought by M‘Adams against Reney. The declaration commences in the usual form, and charges that the defendant did falsely and maliciously publish and speak of and concerning * the plaintiff the following false, scandalous, and malicious words, to wit: John M‘Adams stole Thomas Graves’s dollar. Secondly, he (meaning the plaintiff) took up your dollar (meaning Thomas Graves’s dollar), turned his face from the company, and put it in his purse (meaning thereby that the plaintiff stole Thomas Graves’s dollar). Thirdly, falsely and maliciously spoke the…