Burnham v. State

Liddon, J.:

Section 2419 of the Revised Statutes provides as follows: ‘Whoever speaks of and concerning any woman, married or unmarried, falsely and maliciously, imputing to her a want of chastity, shall be punished by imprisonment not exceeding one year, or by fíne *328not exceeding five hundred dollars. ’ ’ An information, evidently intended to be brought under this section, was filed against the plaintiff in error. Said information contained two counts. Quitting the formal commencement and conclusion of the information, it charges that the defendant “on the 10th day of July, in the year of our…