OLIVEROS v. HENDERSON

Messrs. John Edwin Stansfield, George Bell Timmerman and Wm. M. Smoak, for appellants. Mr. Stansfield cites: Where alleged libelous words are doubtful it is for the jury: 93 S.C. 475; 76 S.C. 510. No violation of Sec. 698, Crim. Code: What is a libel: 93 S.C. 474; 76 S.C. 511; 63 S.C. 530. Newell Libel and Slander (1st Ed.) 32, 36, 42; 71 S.C. 116; 4 McC. 321; Dud. L. 310; 3 S.E. 321 (Ga;) 28 N.E. 692 (Ill.) Intent is not material: Newell, 301. Truth is only a mitigating circumstance. Sec 215, Code Proc. 1912. Complaints should not have been dismissed because no malice could be inferred from publications: 2 McC. 288; 3 Hill 88. Privileged communications: 99 S.C. 443; Newell 388-9; 3 Hill 85; 3 How. 287; 11 L.Ed. 601; 207 Fed. 222; 26 L.R.A. (N.S.) 1088; 12 Pick. (Mass.) 163; 17 R.C.L. Secs. 74, 76, 88; 12 Fed. 526; 22 Fed. 771. Publication of report of judicial proceeding is privileged unless there be express malice: 25 Cyc. 406; 17 R.C.L. 344; 51 S.E. 756 (Ga.;) 33 N.E. 921 (N.Y.;) 35 Ann. Cas. 33. Question of privilege was for the jury: 99 S.C. 433; 3 Hill 85. Libel was sufficiently alleged: 99 S.C. 432; 68 S.C. 201; 66 S.C. 17; 87 S.C. 257; Bryant Code Pleading, 190; 91 S.C. 424. Hendersons, for respondent. cite: Libel per se and per quod: 17 R.C.L. Sec. 4, p. 264; Sec. 54; Malice; Id Sec. 64, 65. Where words are not libelous per se there must be full allegations showing wherein they are libelous: 76 S.C. 511; 13 Enc. (Pl. Pr.) 32; 9 Rich. 382; 161 Ala. 292; 114 S.C. 48. Report of judicial proceeding is privileged: 17 R.C.L. Sec. 93; 3rd Lawson's Remedies, Sec. 1230, Starkie on Slander, 272; 25 Enc. Pl. Pr. 376. Where privilege appears from face of complaint express malice must be alleged: 13 Enc. Pl. Pr. 59; 104 Am. St. Rep. 130. Sunday work prohibited: Secs. 698, 699, Crim. Code 1912. Truth of words a complete defense: Newell on Defamation, p. 651, Sec. 68, 18 A. E. Enc. Law, (2nd Ed.) 1067; Art 1, Sec. 21, Const. 1895. Privilege in publication extends to witnesses: 80 Am. Dec. 740; 97 Am. St. Rep. 830; Newell, 499.