Legal Opinion
Commonwealth v. Szliakys
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
Decided January 11, 1926PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1Opinion of the CourtPierce, J.
The defendant was indicted for criminal libel alleged to concern the good name, fame, credit and reputation of one Pranas Garmus, contained in a newspaper entitled “ Sandara” which was published in the Lithuanian language at Boston, on February 21, 1924. The indictment purports to set out in the Lithuanian language, in two sections, the libel in the alleged tenor of the publication, without averments of extrinsic facts or of innuendo to indicate its defamatory meaning; and declares that the alleged libel when translated into the English language “was and is of the same signification and…
2Cases cited8 opinions
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- Twombly v. MonroeMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- Craig v. ProctorMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1918
- Commonwealth v. DamonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1884
- York v. JohnsonMassachusetts Supreme Judicial Court · 1875
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3Cited by6 opinions
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- Beauharnais v. IllinoisSupreme Court of the United States · 1952
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