People v. Nelson

Plaintiffs in error and another were jointly charged with criminal libel by an amended information filed in the Municipal Court. Plaintiffs .in error pleaded not guilty, but on the trial both were found guilty by the jury. The court overruled their motion for a new trial, and in arrest of judgment, and sentenced each to pay a certain fine and costs of suit. To reverse said judgments plaintiffs in error sued out separate writs of error, which have been consolidated for hearing on the record filed in No. 14,824. The transcript contains no bill of exceptions and the only assignment of error…