State v. Ogden
New Mexico Supreme Court
• Appeal from District Court, Mora County; J. Leahy, Judge. Irvin Ogden was convicted of criminal libel, and appeals. The indictment does not charge a libel. Sec. 17, c. 11, L. 1889. As to what is colloquium, see: "Van Veichten v. Hopkins, 4 Am. Dee. 339; State v.. Elliot, 61 Pac. 981; Barnes v. State, 41 Atl. 781; 2' Words & Phrases, 3569; Squires v. State, 73 Am.
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• Appeal from District Court, Mora County; J. Leahy, Judge. Irvin Ogden was convicted of criminal libel, and appeals. The indictment does not charge a libel. Sec. 17, c. 11, L. 1889. As to what is colloquium, see: "Van Veichten v. Hopkins, 4 Am. Dee. 339; State v.. Elliot, 61 Pac. 981; Barnes v. State, 41 Atl. 781; 2' Words & Phrases, 3569; Squires v. State, 73 Am. St. B.. 904; Grand v. Dreyfus, 54 Pac. 389; Wallace v. Homestead Co., 90 N. W. 838; Cheetam v. Tillotson, 5 Johns. 430; Stowe v. Congress, 4 Conn. 17. An innuendo does not vary a fact, nor can it change-the natural meaning of the…
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION OP THE COURT.
ROBERTS, C. J.
— Appellant was tried and convicted in the district court of Mora county under an indictment returned- by the grand jury, charging him with criminal libel against J. D. Medina, assessor of Mora county. Three alleged errors are here urged as grounds for reversal, the first being that the indictment fails to state facts sufficient to constitute an offense, and that the court should have sustained appellant’s demurrer thereto; .second, alleged error in permitting a copy of the Santa Eé New Mexican, containing certain evidentiary matter, to.go to the jury…
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