Robert King's Case , 1 N.C. 758 ( 1793 )

(1) Here the words are not directly affirmative, that the plaintiff was a felon, and are unaccompanied with any act. *To which

DODERIDGE and JONES, JJ., assented. He may say ut supra, I charge you, etc., and it is not actionable. This differs from Hext's case in 4 Rep. I doubt not, but within two days toarrest Hext, of suspicion of felony.

(2) Felony may be intended mayhem.