Lockhard v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Appeal from the County Court of Travis. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of libel; penalty, a fine of $250. The opinion below sets out the information in full, as also the objections and exceptions urged against its validity; and the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution in the court below which was objected to, is as follows : The witness A. C. Kreisle, testified: “Defendant, at about 8 p. m. on the-day of-, 1899, at…
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Appeal from the County Court of Travis. Tried below before Hon. A. S. Walker, County Judge. Appeal from a conviction of libel; penalty, a fine of $250. The opinion below sets out the information in full, as also the objections and exceptions urged against its validity; and the evidence adduced in support of the prosecution in the court below which was objected to, is as follows : The witness A. C. Kreisle, testified: “Defendant, at about 8 p. m. on the-day of-, 1899, at place of business of witness’ brother, a different place from Bolton’s saloon, tried to sell him a National cash register.…
1Opinion of the Court
BROOKS, Judge.
Appellant was convicted of libel under an information, and his punishment assessed at a fine of $250. A jury was waived, and the court, after hearing the facts, assessed appellant’s fine as above stated. The charging part of the information is as follows:
“That on or about the 31st day of October, A. D. 1899, one A. M. Lockhard did then and there, with the intent to injure J. Block, did unlawfully and maliciously make, write, print, publish, sell and circulate a malicious statement of and concerning J. Block, and affecting the reputation of the said J. Block, to the tenor…
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