2 Blackf. 241 | Ind. | 1829
An action of slander was brought in the Marion Circuit Court, by Harding against Wilson for words importing a charge of perjury on a trial before a justice of the peace. There was a verdict and judgment for the plaintiff in the Circuit Court; and to reverse that judgment is the object of this writ of error.
One error assigned is that Wilson, the defendant below, asked Sharpe, one of the witnesses, what one Wright had said on. the subject of Harding's testimony before the justice. To which question Harding objected; and the Court sustained the objection. - Another error assigned is, that the Circuit Court admitted, as evidence, a transcript of the proceedings before justice Bradley, in the case to which reference was had in the
The judgment is affirmed, with 1 per cent, damages and costs.