People v. Sherlock
Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York
Appeal by the defendant, William F. Sherlock, from a judgment of the Court of General Sessions of the Peace in and for the county of Hew York-in favor of the plaintiff, entered in the office of the clerk of said' court on the 19th' day of June, 1900, convicting him of the misdemeanor of publishing a libel. .
1Opinion of the Court
McLaughlin, J.:
On the 28th of September,-1899, the defendant was the editor of a newspaper called The Unionist, in which on that day the following article was published : '
“ Here’s a Pretty Mess :
“ A brief statement of. the condition of affairs in the rat-trap composing room.
“ It is now generally- conceded that Clark is making more money than any -of the stockholders. •
*423“ Is it possible that Clark is practicing the same tactics as when lie was foreman of the Providence Journal, from which he was "unceremoniously bounced, so it is reported, for making false entries on the pay-roll and pocketing…
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