State v. Heptonstall

A grand jury of Dallas County indicted the defendant appellant, Martha M. Heptonstall, on January 10, 1928, for the offense of libel committed October 22, 1927, by “willfully, knowingly, unlawfully, and maliciously defaming one Oscar P. "Woods, by knowingly, willfully, and maliciously aiding and assisting in the mailing, publishing, and circulating publicly” of certain printed matter known in the record as Exhibit A. ' -

After a conviction therefor by the jury in April, 1928, the district court,; on May 12th thereafter, sentenced the appellant to pay a fine of $100 and costs.

Appellant is the…