State v. Wait
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Saline District Court. Prosecution for libel. Trial at the October term, 1889, and judgment for The State. The defendant Wait comes to this court. The facts, so far as they are material, are stated in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by
Valentine, J.:
This was a criminal prosecution commenced in the district court of Saline county, in which it was *312charged upon information that the defendant, Walter S. Wait, published in the Lincoln Beacon, a weekly newspaper published in the city of Lincoln, in Lincoln county, and having a circulation in Saline county, a libelous article concerning J. G. Mohler, the prosecuting witness. A trial was had before the court and a jury, and the defendant was found guilty and sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and the costs of suit taxed at $723.25; and from…
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