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8thly He objects that it is not averred that Sir Paul Jodrell did not mean to defraud by asserting this Child was the Child of his Wife. The Case of the King against Benfeild and Saunders in 2d Burrow 980 Shews that a Man may recover damages for the injury done to him by the Slander of any part of his family. The Cases cited by Mr. Burroughs from Dyer and other old books are all for words spoken, in which the rule is, that unless they charge some crime, they are
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