State v. Bartley

Joseph Bartley was convicted in the Circuit Court of Callaway County of falsely and maliciously accusing a female of incest. On a writ of error, the Kansas City Court of Appeals affirmed the conviction. Judge BLAND deeming the opinion of the court to be in conflict with certain previous decisions of the Supreme Court, the case was certified and transferred to this court.

The amended information, based on Section 3612, Revised Statutes 1919, charges that Bartley falsely and maliciously imputed to Grace A. T____ the crime of incest, by falsely and maliciously speaking to Ed. Love certain words…