Matts

Action for slander. The plaintiffs had judgment, and this appeal is from the judgment and from an order denying defendant’s motion for a new trial. The parties plaintiff and defendant are Portuguese, and the slanderous words are charged to have been spoken of and *692 concerning the plaintiff, Catherine Matts, in the Portuguese language, in the presence and hearing of persons who understood that language, to wit: “‘Valhaca! quando e que es méus homes foram enhar bariga de carne a tua casa.’ Plaintiffs aver that said words signify, and are understood to mean, in the English language, ‘You whore! when my men went and filled their bellies with meat at your house, ’ and the said Portuguese words were so understood by the said persons in whose presence and hearing they were spoken; that the defendant meant by said words so spoken to impute to the plaintiff Catherine Matts a want of chastity. ’ ’ The answer denied speaking the said words, or any of them, or any other words meaning to impute a want of chastity, or that said words, or any of them, signify, or are understood to mean, “you whore,” or “whore,” or were so understood by any person who heard them. Both the plaintiffs and…