Kelly v. State

This-case was transferred from the Supreme Court. Appellant was prosecuted and convicted for criminal libel, upon affidavit and information. Omitting the formal parts, the affidavit is as follows: “Dora Milcesell, being duly sworn, on her oath says that one Hannah Kelly on the 10th day of February,-A. D. 1899, at and in said county and State aforesaid, did then and there, unlawfully, maliciously, and libelously, and with intent to injure and defame affiant, write and publish of and concerning this affiant, Dora Mikesell, the following false, defamatory, and libelous words to wit: ‘I gess you…