State v. Hosmer
Oregon Supreme Court
From Marion: Percy R. Kelly, Judge. The defendant, J. E. Hosmer, was indicted, tried and convicted of libel, and from the sentence imposed appeals. The facts are concisely stated in the opinion of the court. Department 2.
1Opinion of the CourtJustice McNary
delivered tbe opinion of tbe court.
The defendant, editor of a newspaper at Silverton, Oregon, was convicted on the 31st day of October, 1913, of the crime of libel caused by the publication of a pamphlet bearing the title “The Escaped Nun from Mt. Angel Convent, or the Last Stand of Desperate Despotism.” The indictment, which was returned by the grand jury of Marion County, on the 20th day of August, 1913, contains the whole of the published article, which is omitted by reason of its prolixity. The article in narrative form recounts the experiences of one Miss Lasenan, whom the authors assert…
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