State v. Hoskins
Supreme Court of Minnesota
Case certified from the district court for Otter Tail county. Defendant demurred to an indictment for libel, and the demurrer was overruled, Baxter, Searles, JJ.
1Opinion of the Court
MITCHELL, J.2
Although the trial court- has in form certified all of the seven specific objections made to the indictment in defendant’s demurrer, yet his counsel refers to only two of these in his brief, and of these two only one is worthy of any consideration, viz. does the indictment charge more than one offense? The defendant was indicted for a libel on three national banks (not in any way associated with each other in business), the libel against all three being contained in a single writing, published at one time, and by a single act. Defendant’s contention is that this constitutes three…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- Tracy v. CommonwealthCourt of Appeals of Kentucky · 1888
3Cited by8 opinions
- State v. Gopher Tire & Rubber Co.Supreme Court of Minnesota · 1920
- State v. GardnerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1930
- State v. HosmerOregon Supreme Court · 1914
- Crane v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Oklahoma · 1917
- Bearman v. PeopleSupreme Court of Colorado · 1932
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