Jones v. State

HAWKINS, Judge.

Conviction was for slander. The punishment was assessed at a fine of $150.

The charging part of the complaint and information, omitting formal allegations, is; that appellant imputed a want of chastity to Mrs. Alice Russell, in that she said to A. L- Thompson that “Mr. Fred Finley and Mrs. Alice Russell are sleeping together, and they will not marry as long as they are.sleeping together without marrying.”

Appellant filed a motion in arrest of judgment on the ground that no offense was charged, in that the language used did not’ in itself impute a want of chastity to Mrs. Russell,…