JUDGMENT
OLLENNU J.
The plaintiff in this suit claims £1,000 damages for slander alleged to have been published against him by the defendant at a political rally held at Nungua on June 3, 1956. The words complained of are set out in paragraph 4 of the statement of claim, and are to the effect that the plaintiff-Demutse Borketey-Affoteyfio Quaye, Adjei Otwemah, Otsiame Affotey Kojo and Adjoga Out, were evil-minded citizens of Nungua, who out of malice wrote a letter to one Awudu of the Accra Municipal Council, and thereby caused some buildings in Nungua to be demolished by the Accra Municipal Council; and further, that the plaintiff was an avaricious person who had been grabbing all Nungua lands to deprive other Nungua citizens and their children of the lands. By paragraph 4 of the statement of claim it is pleaded that the innuendo of the said words is: “that the plaintiff is selfish and anti-social, a Nungua land grabber, and that he has maliciously reported against his fellow citizens …