Tucker v. State

The plaintiff in error, hereinafter called defendant, was convicted in the county court of Oklahoma County on a charge of criminal libel, and was adjudged to pay a fine of $100.

Defendant at the time charged was editor of “The Record,” a paper then published at Oklahoma City. There was published therein a news item entitled: “Mule Kick! Puts Klan Sheriff in Hospital.” The item then states that the sheriff, Tom Cavnar, has been in the hospital several days, as a result of injuries sustained in a personal encounter between him and County Attorney, J. K. Wright, in which Wright is said to have…