State v. Mitchell.
Supreme Court of North Carolina
INdictmeNT against J. G. Mitchell, heard by Judge A: L. Goble and a jury, at February Term, 1902, of the Superior Court of Rockingham County. From a verdict of guilty and judgment thereon, the defendant appealed.
1Opinion of the CourtClark, C. J.
Indictment for slander of an innocent woman under The Code, Sec. 1113. The indictment charges that the defendant did “unlawfully, wilfully, wantonly and maliciously utter, publish and speak certain words against Lucy L. Mitchell, which said words so uttered, published and spoken by said defendant amounted to a charge of incon-tinency against the said Lucy L. Mitchell, she the said Lucy L. Mitchell being a chaste, pure, virtuous and innocent woman.” The State introduced testimony tending to prove the allegations of the bill. The defendant admitted that the prosecutrix was an innocent and…
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