Ohio Supreme Court September 15, 1832 (Bechtell v. Shatler)

WRIGHT, J.

The words are charged to have been spoken in a discourse with divers people, and in their hearing. The question is one of publication; if published, it is sufficient. In England, it has been held, that if the words are spoken in Welsh iñ a Welsh county, no averment is required that they are understood. The-court will intend they were understood in such case; Stark. on *108Slander, 85.