Legal Opinion
State v. Sefrit
Washington Supreme Court
Decided December 12, 1914No. 11692PublishedCited by 10 opinions
Appeal from a judgment of the superior court for What-com county, Pemberton, J., entered May 26, 1913, upon a trial and conviction of criminal libel.
1Opinion of the CourtEllis, J.
The defendant was tried for criminal libel, upon an amended information, the substance of which was as follows :
“Defendant at Bellingham, Washington, on or about the 12th day of January, 1913, did then and there compose, print and publish in the Sunday American-Reveille a certain editorial as follows, to wit:
“ ‘Why Does Prosecutor Defend a Rapist?
“ ‘Many of the people of Whatcom county are wondering if they are not misplacing their confidence when they repose *525it in Frank W. Bixby as a conscientious and unbiased official.
“ ‘The action of Bixby in the case of Walter Fulcher, self-confessed…
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- Detroit Daily Post Co. v. McArthurMichigan Supreme Court · 1868
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3Cited by10 opinions
- State Ex Rel. Carroll v. JunkerWashington Supreme Court · 1971
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- State v. WilsonWashington Supreme Court · 1925
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