Potter v Brown
| Jurisdiction | England & Wales |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1682 |
| Date | 01 January 1682 |
| Court | Court of Common Pleas |
English Reports Citation: 123 E.R. 1109
THE COMMON PLEAS
potter versus brown. Case. Words. Nicholas Potter brought an action upon the case against Brown for these words spoken of the plaintiff, He is as arrant a thief as any is in England, and he broke up the plummers cheat with other mans tools which stood in my Lord of Sutt'olks bouse, and took money out of it. The defendant pleaded not guilty, and verdict for the plaintiff: and upon the motion of Handen to arrest, and Richardson to h ive judgment;' the Court resolved, that the plaintiff should not Lave juJgment. The first reason ia, 1110 METHELL V. PECK BUTTON, 73. because that there ia not any affirmative directly, that he is a thief; but as arrant a thief as any ia in England, and avers not, that there ia any thief in England : and the law will not presume any thing that is evil, iniquum in lege non presumitur. And as Lacies cose was, He is as great a thief as any is in...
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