State v. Jacobs

Defendant appeals from a conviction for publishing a criminal libel.

The sole ground for a reversal is that in a trial for such an offense the court may not instruct the jury as to the law. It is doubtful whether, on this record, defendant has raised the point. No objection was made to the jury being charged. In the motion for a new trial the actio a of the court in charging the jury was not assailed. The only fault therein specified ran to certain portions of the instructions. However, neither in the oral orgument nor in the brief is any specific error pointed out in the court’s statement of…