Hosley v. Brooks
Illinois Supreme Court
This was an action on the case for slander. The declaration is in three counts. The first count states that in a colloquium on the 17th of October, 1856, with the plaintiff, in the hearing of divers good and worthy citizens, the plaintiff falsely and maliciously spoke and published these several false, malicious, scandalous and defamatory words, of and concerning the said Eunice Brooks, that is to say, “ you,” meaning the said Eunice Brooks, “ are a damned whore, and I,”…
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This was an action on the case for slander. The declaration is in three counts. The first count states that in a colloquium on the 17th of October, 1856, with the plaintiff, in the hearing of divers good and worthy citizens, the plaintiff falsely and maliciously spoke and published these several false, malicious, scandalous and defamatory words, of and concerning the said Eunice Brooks, that is to say, “ you,” meaning the said Eunice Brooks, “ are a damned whore, and I,” meaning the said plaintiff, “ can prove it,” meaning that he, the said plaintiff, could prove that she, the said Eunice,…
1Opinion of the CourtCaton, C. J.
This was an action on the case for slander, and the evidence not only proves the words spoken as alleged, but shows the slander to have been of a most unprovoked and malicious character, and accompanied with threats of personal violence, and even an assault, by an attempt to kick Mrs. Brooks. We are of opinion that the defendant below was dealt with most leniently by the jury. Nor do we find the least semblance of an error in the record. It is first assigned for error that the court permitted evidence to go to the jury of the pecuniary circumstances of the slanderer. It is sufficient to say…
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