The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1874-09-10

scandal infAmy and disgrace with and
Amopgsl all his nGighbors, acquaintance
and other good and worthy citizens ol
said county and State, and 10 cause II TO
be suspected and believed By those neigh.
bors, scquaintances and cltlzeus that the
said plaintiff had been and was guilty Of
the offences and misconduct hereinafter
mentioned and charged upon and impuI'
ed TO him by the said deiendSnts andsto
yer, hsrrass and oppresS him, the said
plaintiff did on the 18th day Of October
I1s73, at the county Aforesaid, falsely,
wickedly and maliciouslys .comhnse and
publish, cause and procufeto bbpubllshed,
and print and cause and procure 10 be
printed Of and concerning him, the said
plaintiff, In the Wheeling Daily Reghter,
newspaper owned, controlled, managed,
printed and published by the said defend.
ants 10 the said county, false, scandal
ous, malicious and delSmatofy libel, con.
tanning, amongst other things, m one part
thereof, tho fIlse, sc8ndslous, malicious
defRmatory and libelOus matter following
Of and concerning the said plaintiff; that
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"ThC lab&ing men are brous ditto be.
lieve that q certain candidate" (meaning
thereby the plaintiff, James W. Sweeney,
who was at that time'a candidate ito rep,
resent the county OF Ohio in the Housed
Delegates ol the State Of West Virgi6if,
who never did an honest days work"
(meaning thereby that the said plaintiff
never did an honest days work.; us their
special champion and friend"
Also the false, scandalonS, malicious,
detarmatory and libelouS matter follow.
ing, Of and concerning the said plaintiff,
that Is TO say (4lso contained in another
part thereoi) :
"a professional gambler" (meaniDg there.
by that the plaintiff, James W. Sweeney
was professional gamblet). ghe breaches
morality, and q confessed ignor ANUS, he
argues that Intelligence should control The
election" thereby meaning to insinuste,
charge and cause 70 be believed that the
plaintiff had been guilty. ol gambling had
madegambling profession, and obtaihed
bis means Of livelihood, sustensnce and
support thereby, and was publicly and
cOnlessedly known tS bS . ma man OF great
BY means Of the committing Of which
said several grievances by the said de-.
iendsnts as Aforesaid. the said plaintiff
has been and is greatly injured in bis
good name, fame and credit, and brought
into public scandal, inlsmy and disgrace
with and among all his neighbofs, ,Ac-
quaintauces and other good and worthy
citizens oi said county and State, inSo-
much that divers Of those neighbors, &c.
qusintsuces and citizens, 10 whom the in,
nocence and honesty of the plaintiff were
unknown, have, on account OF the com.
hitting Of the said grievances aforesaid
by the said defendants as Aforesaid, from
thence hitherto suspected and believed,
and still do suspect and believe, the said
plaintiff to have been and TO be q person
guilty Of gambling, Of confessed igno-
rance, and 10 have never done an honest
days labor in his whole life, and 10 have
been and 10 be q person Of bad character,
morals isnd repuIG, and have, by reason
Of the committing Of the said grievances by
the said defendants as Aforesaid, from
thence hitherto wholly refused, and still
do refuse, do have any transaction and
acquaintance and discourse with the said
plaintiff, as they were before used and &C.
customed to have and Otherwise. would
have had; aud also by means Of the
premises the said plaintiff hath been and
is Otherwise greatly injured and damni-
fed, to.wit: at the county sioresaid, 10
the damage Of the said plaintiff Of twenty.
five thousand dollars. y r. T-E
|, Aud the said plaintiff further complains
Of the said defendants, that before the
committing OF the grievances hereinafter
mentioned, 1.-The said plaintiff was Q good,
honest, moral and faithful citizen, and, as
such, had always conducted himself, aud
until the committing Of the several griev.
ances, as hereinafter mentioned, was al
ways reputed, esteemed and accepted by
and amongst his neighbOrs and other
good and worthy citizens, to whom he
was il any wise known, TO be s,person Of
good name, fame and credit, oi honest de.
meanor and conduct al Ohio county. Yet
the said defendants, well knowing the
premises but combining and falsely,
wickedly and malIctouslyi intending 10
bring the said plaintiff into public scandal,
iniamy and disgrace, 10 destroy his repu-
tallon and deprive him Of the good opin-
ion Of his neighbors and fellow Citizens,
heretotore,t to wit On the 10Th day OF 0c.
tober, 1873, at the county Aforesaid, 10 q
certain newspaper called the Wheeling
Daily Register, owned, managed, con-
trolled, carried Oh, printed and published
by the said defendants, in the said county,
then and there did compose ard publish,
cause and procure 10 be published, and
print and cause and procure 10 be printed,
falsely, wickedly and maliciously, false,
scandalous, malicious, de(amaIory and
libelous matter following OF and concern.
ing the said plaintiff, that is to say:
"Let the people OF Ohio county not se.
lect 8 representative (meauiDg thereby
the plaintiff, who was at that time can
didAie to; represent Ohio county In the
House Of Delegates Of the State Of West
Vrginis) iron the prize ring or the
gambling den" (meaniug thereby that the
plaintiff, James W. Sweeney, was q
gambler and prize fighter; and also con-
tanning in another part thereof, the false,
scandalous, malicious, deiamstory and
hbelous matter following, ofand concern.
ing the said plaintiff, that is to say: "Club
law Is about what We may expect from
the Jim Sweeney" (mesniDg thereby the
plaintiff, James W. Sweeney "style Of
legislature" (meShing that the plaintiff
had made club law bis style oflegislation);
aud also containing In another part
thereof, the false, scandalous, malicious,
deiamatory and libelous matter follow
ling, Of and concerning the said plaintiff
That is to say: "The noble gamcnf draw.
Ipoker is candidate" (meaning thereby
the plaintif) "for popular suffrage to-day;
1t runs on the same ticket with the manly
art OF fist and scull," (meanipg thereby
that the plaintiff was gambler) and also
containg IN another part thereof, the
Ifalse scandAlous. malicious. defamstorv