Supreme Court of North Carolina August 5, 1860 (Pitts v. . Pace)

Pearson, C. J.

The words uttered by the defendant charge the plaintiff with keeping a house for prostitutes, in other words, it is a charge of keeping “a bawdy-house,” which is an indictable offense. But every charge of an indictable offense is not actionable

per se,

without proof of special damage, and the case states there was no such proof.