Murphree v. State
Alabama Court of Appeals
Imputing Want of Chastity. Appeal from Blount Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. É. Blackwood. James C. Murphree was convicted of imputing to a woman a want of chastity, and he appeals.
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Imputing Want of Chastity. Appeal from Blount Circuit Court. Heard before Hon. J. É. Blackwood. James C. Murphree was convicted of imputing to a woman a want of chastity, and he appeals. The indictment, omitting formal charging part is as follows: “James C. Murphree * * did falsely speak of and concerning Parentha E. Shelton, a woman, in the presence of * * * and * * * charging her with a want of chastity, in substance, as follows: That she (meaning the said Parentha E. Shelton), who was at the time of which the defendant was speaking an unmarried woman, was pregnant and standing away out in…
1Opinion of the CourtPelham, P. J.
The defendant was indicted under section 7340 of the Code of 1907 for falsely imputing to a woman, one Parentha E. Shelton, a want of chastity. (The reporter will set out the charging part of the indictment.) Demurrers interposed to the indictment by the defendant attacking its sufficiency were overruled by the trial court, and this ruling of the court is presented by the record for our consideration on this appeal.
It is insisted in behalf of the defendant that the slanderous words attributed to the defendant as set out in. *256the indictment do not necessarily impute to the woman of whom they…
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- Butler v. StateSupreme Court of Alabama · 1909
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