State v. Balch
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Chase District Court. Information against George Balch and B. M. Watson, for libel. Trial at the May Term, 1883, when the defendants were found guilty, and each was fined $10 and adjudged to pay one-half of the costs of the prosecution. They appeal. The opinion states the facts.
1Opinion of the Court
*466The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution against George Balch and R. M. Watson for an alleged criminal libel. The case was tried before the court and a jury; and the defendants were found guilty, and each sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and each adjudged to pay one-half of the'costs of the suit. The defendants now appeal to this court.
The alleged libel was the circulation, on November 6, 1882, in Chase county, Kansas, of the following printed article, to wit:
“Voters of Chase County: 'The people of Chase county have not forgotten the mutilation or…
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