State v. Sloan
Missouri Court of Appeals
Appeal From Howell County; Circuit Court. — How. E. P. Dorris, Judge. (1) The court should have required the State to elect as to which party alleged to have been libeled it would stand on. 210 Mo. 351; 186 Mo. 71; 232 Mo. 213; 62 Mo. App. 112; 148 Mo. 517; 50 Mo.
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Appeal From Howell County; Circuit Court. — How. E. P. Dorris, Judge. (1) The court should have required the State to elect as to which party alleged to have been libeled it would stand on. 210 Mo. 351; 186 Mo. 71; 232 Mo. 213; 62 Mo. App. 112; 148 Mo. 517; 50 Mo. App. 243; 160 Mo. 469. (1) The courts of this State have, repeatedly held that errors complained of must be brought to the attention of the trial court in a motion for a new trial, and before the motion can be made, any part of the record there must be proper exceptions to the action of the court in overruling it, made in due time…
1Opinion of the CourtCox, P. J.
—Defendant is charged by information with criminal libel and after conviction in the circuit court has appealed to this court. The questions presented for our consideration go to the sufficiency of the information and the proof of publication of the libel.
The libel charged was in the form of a letter in which three parties, to-wit, Monroe Beavers, Mrs. Mon roe Beavers and Clara Harbeston are all branded as grossly immoral in language too foul to be inserted here The publication ivas accomplished by defendant dropping a letter at the gate leading to the house where all three of the parties…
2Cases cited8 opinions
- State v. MasseySupreme Court of Missouri · 1918
- State v. FosterSupreme Court of Missouri · 1920
- State v. MoreheadSupreme Court of Missouri · 1917
- State v. BraySupreme Court of Missouri · 1822
- State v. ByrdSupreme Court of Missouri · 1919
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