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A KM II SLANDER SUIT.Am AmiUUoI Lommi^ionfr AffUiHl ofKHrunlhlcf He PUm Hin I* in ages•I lio ooo _A petition vu filed with the County Clerk this rujrning* wherein Frank Ktrchner commenced actiou against William Stsager for libel, placing damages at$10,000. vThe petition seta forth that “the plaintiff sustained agood name and character among hi* neighlioni amiacquaintances for moral worth and integrity, and was never suspected of the crime of .larceny; yet the ~ said _ defendant, well knowing the premise*. and maliciously Intending to injure the good name and character of the said plaintiff, and to cause it to be believed that he had been guilty of the crime of larceny on the 1 -th day of April, A. IK 1871, and at divers times previous to said date, in a eerie in discourse which he then had of and concerning the plaintiff, anti in the presence and hearing of divers good people, falsely and maliciously spoke and published of and concerning the plaintiff the false,s* an dal oil- and malicious words following. That is to•ay: .. ' -^• Frank Kirchner (meaning the plaintiffs the Assistant Commissioner, is a thief; he tmeaning the plaintiff) •oM gutter plates and done jolx*. and put the money in „ his pocket; he (the plaintiff ♦ took the g^ier plates a war from Thirteenth street; he (iht* pis ml iff»-gave away the stone belonging to the City lntmnarv, andhv nutans of the speaking of said deUuiatory words thesaid plaintiff hath been greatly injured in h fa good name ami character to his damage In the sum of f 10,1)00, wherefore said plaintiff prays judgment against said defendant for said um.
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Cincinnati Daily Chronicle
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Mon, Apr 17, 1871
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