Commonwealth v. Wilhelm

Opinion by

Linn, J.,

The indictment contained two counts; the first charged a libel on the district attorney of Schuylkill County at a time also when he was a candidate for congressional nomination; the second charged that appellant distributed a defamatory circular without his signature in violation of the Act of May 25, 1897, P. L. 85. He was convicted and sentenced on both counts.

The legal principles applicable were exhaustively considered in Com. v. Swallow, 8 Pa. Superior Ct. 539, and in Com. v. Storey, 49 Pa. Superior Ct. 282, and need not now be discussed. Appellant conducted his own…