Baker v. State

An information was filed in the circuit court for the western district of Carroll county, charging Norman Baker, who will hereinafter be referred to by name, or as appellant, or defendant, with the crime of libel. ' Upon trial there was a conviction with a fine of $2,500. This appeal is from that judgment of conviction. ' The information was based upon an open letter, allegedly written by Norman Baker to and about Mr. and Mrs. Ray Freeman, published in a local newspaper, Daily Times Echo. In the information setting' forth the charge this open letter is copied in full.

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“I, John K.…