Legal Opinion

Cooper v. State

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas

Decided October 29, 1924No. 8209PublishedCited by 8 opinions

1Opinion of the Court

MORROW, Presiding Judge.

— The offense is slander; punishment fixed at a fine of one hundred dollars and confinement in the county jail for a period of thirty days.

The information in detail set out language which, it is charged, imputed a want of chastity to Mrs. Fannie Campbell.

Appellant requested and the court refused the following special charge:

“You are instructed that although you may find from the evidence, that the words, as alleged in the information, were spoken by the defendant, and that such words, if spoken, were false, then, unless you further find that the imputation was…

2Cases cited2 opinions

  1. Anderson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1895
  2. Collins v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1898

3Cited by8 opinions

  1. Brown v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1935
  2. Duke v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1933
  3. Ekern v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1947
  4. Estep v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1927
  5. Gibson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1938

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