Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from Speech of Hon. Andrew J. Rogers, of N. J., Delivered in the House of Representatives, April 12, 1864, on the Resolution to Expel Hon. Alexander Long, of Ohio, for Words Spoken in Debate
It is a right recognized and guarantied by the common law of England so far back that the memory of man runneth not to the con trary. It has been so carefully guarded there that if a man by word of mouth charge another with the crime of murder, he cannot be ar reigned except before a jury of the country in a civil action for damages. No indictment or other criminal proceeding can be sustained against any person at common law for verbal slander, however false may be the charge or heinous the crime.
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