State v. Syphrett

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Mr. Justioe MoIver.

The appellant having been convicted of libel, appeals to this court upon the several grounds set out in the record, which will hereinafter be more particularly stated. The alleged libel was in the form of a letter from the defendant to the prosecutor, containing a charge of larceny. It was sealed when delivered to the prosecutor, and the only evidence tending to prove a publication was that the prosecutor, not being able to read, asked his wife to read it to him, and several days after-wards that prosecutor, in the presence of…