Legal Opinion

State v. Tolley

North Dakota Supreme Court

Decided May 13, 1912PublishedCited by 8 opinions

Appeal from District Court, Ward county; K. E. Leighton, J. E. C. Tolley was convicted of criminal libel, and from an order denying Ms motion for new trial, be appeals. Tbe information was defective. State v. Habón, 21 N. D. 133, 129 N. W. 234; State v. Marcks, 3 N. D. 532, 58 N. W. 25; State v. Smith, 2 N. D. 515, 52 N. W. 320; People v. Alibez, 49 Cal. 452, 1 Am. Crim. Eep. 345; People v. Stock, 21 Misc. 147, 47 N. Y. Supp. 94; Tost v. Com. 5 Ky.

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1Opinion of the CourtFisk, J.

Appellant was convicted in the district court of Ward county of the crime of criminal libel, and he has appealed both from the judgment of conviction and from the order denying his motion for a new trial. There are 221 assignments of error, but they are grouped and argued in appellant’s brief under six heads, and they will be considered in the order thus presented.

1st. It is contended that the information is defective, and the same was challenged, both by demurrer and by motion in arrest of judgment. There are four grounds of demurrer, only two of which are argued in appellant’s brief, which…

2Cases cited14 opinions

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