Case Name: Dougherty and Wife v. Bentley
Court: United States District Court for the District of Columbia
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 1804-12
Citations: 1 Cranch 219
Docket Number: 
Parties: Dougherty and Wife v. Bentley.
Judges: 
Reporter: Reports of cases argued and determined in the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia (District of Columbia - reported by Mackey)
Volume: 1
Pages: 219–219

Head Matter:
Dougherty and Wife v. Bentley.
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 úp the whole day.