State v. . Hinson
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INDICTMENT for slander of an innocent woman, tried before Meares, J., at October Term, 1888, of the Criminal Court of Mecklenburg. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the CourtSmith, C. J.
The defendant is charged in the indictment with the false, wanton and malicious utterance of slanderous words, as therein set out, of and concerning one Emma Harrison,. an innocent woman, imputing incontinency and a want of chastity, in violation of the statute (The Code, sec. 1113).
The statute declares that if any person shall attempt, in a wanton and malicious manner, to destroy the reputation of an innocent woman, by words, written or spoken, which amount to a charge of incontinency, every person so offending shall be guilty of a misdemeanor, and fined or imprisoned at the discretion of…
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