State v. McKee
Supreme Court of Connecticut
Information for selling a newspaper devoted to and principally made up of criminal news, police reports, pictures and stories of bloodshed, lust and crime, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Borabaclc, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court.
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Information for selling a newspaper devoted to and principally made up of criminal news, police reports, pictures and stories of bloodshed, lust and crime, brought to the Superior Court in New Haven County and tried to the jury before Borabaclc, J.; verdict and judgment of guilty, and appeal by the accused for alleged errors in the rulings and charge of the court. The information charged that “ John A. McKee, etc., on the third day of September, A. D. 1899, unlawfully did sell to Phillip Lautenbach, offer, and have in his possession with intent to sell and offer, a certain paper devoted to…
1Opinion of the CourtHameksley, J.
The demurrer to the complaint was properly overruled. The only reasons specified in the demurrer that call for notice, are these: “ 3d. Because it (the Act of 1895, on which the prosecution was brought,) restricts the constitutional right to publish the truth. 4th. Because it is not alleged that the matter is obscene, blasphemous, scandalous, or libelous.”
There is no constitutional right to publish every fact or statement that may be true. Even the right to publish accurate reports of judicial proceedings is limited. The substance of the rule is briefly stated by Judge Cooley in his work on…
2Cases cited13 opinions
- Rosen v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1896
- In Re RapierSupreme Court of the United States · 1892
- State v. MainSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1897
- State v. ConlonSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1895
- State v. WheelerSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1856
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3Cited by47 opinions
- Winters v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1948
- Gitlow v. New YorkSupreme Court of the United States · 1925
- Cologne v. Westfarms AssociatesSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1984
- Coleman v. MacLennanSupreme Court of Kansas · 1908
- State v. SulSupreme Court of Connecticut · 1958
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