Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1883-09-01

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nei N"h'hJ i"f December 81 mat year:
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preecdeni'. FOR q long time had felt Oh,
need Of them "a need, doubt not. that hl.
becn felt b, hundreds NJ ,tb.,. f,i. h,,,r,
necessary To ''l 'n'' nave ''uh' lh'H ''''"''
They have not only proved very present help
To- time of trouble. but they have impaired ty
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II j, no slight recommendation u ih,.. prc.
ccdcnts compiled from adiudCcd case, .u ,h,
country and Eng'andD that they are applicable
as well to cases Of libel as Of SANDER. slandcr
i, the malicious uttcriup of false and dcfimatory
words tending 10 the damage Of another. ltis
the U1aIi,i0f7 uttcrancc that makes the SANDER;
ncr, as by way Of advice, admoniton VI CON.
Germ, without any tinctrc Of il.aHI. they are
not ,laudcrou,. OF thi, character are com
munications in regard to servants, advice a, to
dealing with trldc.mcn, and other statement,
Of a like nature, which are called privileged
communication. You will at once perceive,
my dear reader, what field /, here opened 10
The discreet. Hardly day passg, without an
opportunity Of advising a friend about the
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doctor he should employ, the lawyer he should
hire the tradcsmcn he should pllronizr, etc,
and even about the people with whom he
should or should not associate But in what
you say the grcl, point is tu avoid the atbsaJ-.
aiyf Of malice You can do a great deal Of
damage with the appearance Of friendship, if
you add but, spoken under the breath or
with ,hrug Of the shoulders, Undoubtedly
this one prcecp sill be sufficient for ordinary
occasions but there are times when this alone
would be wca, and jcjunc, when such small
words Of heat and passion as "roguc and
"rasca would be but ." so much waste of
your strength to no purpose; they are like
sparrow shot fired against a bastion; they
serve To stir the hunors, but carry off none Of
the acrimony They will not do on momcn-
tous occasions, when great interests are at stake
end strong passions are excited. Then some.
thing MOI. something stronger is needed.
have minated that general term, of abuse.
expressive OF evil inclinations and corrupt
manners, such a, 'roguc," rascal" "sceun.
drel,' and the like, are not actionsblc. And
it has been held that the words swindcr"
and "cheat" are too general to support an
action. Chase vs. Whitock, Hill. I79J 1t
has been held in England that the words,
Thou art as very a thief as any in Warwick
jaol, none being then in prison, are not
acrionabIe but would have been so had felon
been there at the time, u Bullstrode', Rep,
p. 4o) And it also has been held that no
action lay for the words "You killed your
wife" il not appearing that the wife was dead;
and the difference was noted between The two
cases-when sb. ,,as dead AID when she was
living; for when She is alive no action lies,