Case Name: DOUGHERTY et ux. v. BENTLEY
Court: United States Circuit Court of the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-12
Citations: 7 F. Cas. 962
Docket Number: 
Parties: DOUGHERTY et ux. v. BENTLEY.
Judges: 
Reporter: Federal Cases
Volume: 7
Pages: 962–962

Head Matter:
Case No. 4,024.
DOUGHERTY et ux. v. BENTLEY.
[1 Cranch, C. C. 219.]
Circuit Court, District of Columbia.
Dec. Term, 1804.
Pleading—Amendment.
A declaration in slander may be amended by adding a new charge, on payment of costs and continuance.

Opinion:
Motion by the plaintiff to amend the declaration in slander, by changing the words from a charge of being a whore, to that of theft Granted, on payment of all antecedent costs, and also continued at costs of plaintiff, he having permitted his witness to depart, upon the expectation that the trial of Peacock would have taken up the whole day.