Cooke v. O'Brien
This text of 6 F. Cas. 438 (Cooke v. O'Brien) is published on Counsel Stack Legal Research, covering U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Northern New York primary law. Counsel Stack provides free access to over 12 million legal documents including statutes, case law, regulations, and constitutions.
Opinion
In slander, the defendant may, in mitigation of damages, give evidence of the grounds of his belief of the truth of the charge which he has made.
Slander. The defendant said the plaintiff was a perjured villain. The defendant, in mitigation of damages on the plea of not guilty, offered to give evidence of the grounds of his suspicion and belief that the plaintiff had committed perjury.
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