Roberts v. State

DAVIDSON, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of slander, his punishment being assessed at a fine of $500 and twelve months imprisonment in the county jail.

1. The slanderous imputation is charged to be in the following language: “If Hiller did not get it, it was his own fault; it was there for him; all lie had to do was to put his hands on it.” This is charged to have been a reference to one Miss Doodle Bacon. The matter arose out of about the following state of facts: Miller was the railroad agent and boarded at Mrs. Bacon’s, the mother of the alleged slandered girl. This language was…