Benton v. State

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hendrickson, J.

This writ brings up from the Supreme Court for review a judgment of that court affirming a conviction of the plaintiffs in error in the Court of Quarter Sessions of Camden county, upon an indictment for libel based upon a publication in the “ Camden Citizen,” a newspaper, belonging to the plaintiffs in error, published in the city of Camden.

The newspaper article, as described in the indictment, reads as follows:

“CATCHING A ‘FIVER.’-

“AN OFFICES SUCCESSFULLY WORKS THE EXTORTION ACT—MAKING DOLLARS OUT OF DRUNKS—AMOS MASON’S FINE OF $3.67…