Hill v. State

PRENDERGAST, Presiding Judge.

Appellant was convicted of slander and assessed a fine of $100.

The indictment avers that on or about August 15, 1914, in said State and county appellant “did then and there orally, falsely, maliciously, and wantonly impute to a female in this State, towit, Nancy Hemphill, a want of chastity, towit, the said Sam Hill, did then and there, in the presence and hearing of I. L. Terrell, and divers other persons, falsely, maliciously, and wantonly say of and concerning the said Nancy Hemp-hill, that during the time that she boarded with Jim McJimsey, that she had a man…