Pool v. State

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

The offense is libel; punishment fixed at a fine of $250.00.

The prosecution is based upon an alleged typewritten communication addressed to R. B. Creager of Brownsville, Texas, and purports to bear the signatures of J. B. Pool and a number of other persons who are described in the document as patrons of the Sipes Springs, Texas, postoffice, in which they protest against the appointment of R. A. Foster as Postmaster at Sipes Springs and ask the said R. B. Creager, as an influential Republican, to use his influence to prevent the appointment of Foster for various…