State v. Conklin

Mr. .Justice Moore

delivered the opinion of the court.

The defendant, Arthur Conklin, was informed against, tried, and convicted of the crime of willfully publishing-false and scandalous printed matter of and concerning another, with intent to injure and defame such person, and, having been sentenced to pay a fine, he appeals. The facts constituting the alleged crime are charged as follows;

“That the said Arthur Conklin on, to wit, the 4th day of June, 1904, in the County of Josephine, State of Oregon, then and there being, did then and there willfully publish in a newspaper called Oregon Mining…