Action upon the case for slander, or, A methodical collection under certain heads of thousands of cases dispersed in the many great volumns of the law, of what words are actionable and what not and of a conspiracy, and of a libel : being a treatise of very great use and consequence to all men, especially in these times, wherein actions for slander are more common than in times past : with an exact table annexed for the ready finding out of any thing therein / by W. Sheppard.
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Action upon the case for slander, or, A methodical collection under certain heads of thousands of cases dispersed in the many great volumns of the law, of what words are actionable and what not and of a conspiracy, and of a libel : being a treatise of very great use and consequence to all men, especially in these times, wherein actions for slander are more common than in times past : with an exact table annexed for the ready finding out of any thing therein / by W. Sheppard.
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Sheppard, William, d. 1675?
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London :: Printed for Ch. Adams, J. Starkey, & T. Basset ...,
1662.
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Subject terms
Libel and slander -- Great Britain.
Conspiracy -- Great Britain.
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"Action upon the case for slander, or, A methodical collection under certain heads of thousands of cases dispersed in the many great volumns of the law, of what words are actionable and what not and of a conspiracy, and of a libel : being a treatise of very great use and consequence to all men, especially in these times, wherein actions for slander are more common than in times past : with an exact table annexed for the ready finding out of any thing therein / by W. Sheppard." In the digital collection Early English Books Online 2. https://name.umdl.umich.edu/A59706.0001.001. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed May 5, 2024.
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Case 247.
Action for these words, which the Defendant spoke to one Gurney, Bring mee to the Constables house, for I am robbed this night; and bringmee to Bonaventure Theobalds house, to arrest him, for old Theobalds (Innuendo, the Plaintiff) setteth his Sons to rob mee (Innuendo dictum Bonaventure, & quendam Johannem, filium ipsius Anthonii) from time to time. The Defendant pleaded not guilty, and found against him. And after Verdict, it was moved in arrest of Iudgement, that the words were not actionable, because it is not alledged, that any of Anthony's Sons rob∣bed him, and it is but an intent of setting to rob, and no Action done, the words also are insensible. But notwithstanding it was held by the Court, that the words were very slanderous, and that the Action was maintainable;
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And so it had béen adjudged in this Court, that one such lay in wait to murder mee, &c. Wherefore it was adjudged for the plaintiff. Note, er∣rour was hereof brought, because it is not precisely affirmed of the plain∣tiff. But it is said old Theobalds, and hee doth not name the plaintiff, and an Innuendo will not serve, whereupon it was reversed. Croo. 1. last pub. 618 3.