Nance v. State

This was a criminal prosecution commenced in the county court of Harper county, in which it is charged upon information that the defendant, Clinton C. Nance, published in a newspaper named the Fish Hook, certain false, malicious, defamatory, and libelous statements of and concerning one Tom Ricker, and caused the same to be distributed and circulated in Harper county, Okla. .

A trial was had before the court and jury, and the defendant was found guilty, and his punishment fixed at a fine of $225. A motion for new trial was duly filed and overruled, also a motion in arrest of judgment was filed…