Beers v. Strong

The words laid, naturally import that the defendant’s wife bad been guilty of perjury, and that the plaintiff, by procuring ber to commit the crime, bad been guilty of subornation of perjury, and so are actionable. Words are not to be taken in a milder Sense than they bave in common acceptation; especially after verdict, which ascertains that they were spoken maliciously, and with intent to defame.