Legal Opinion
State v. Brady
Supreme Court of Kansas
Decided July 15, 1890PublishedCited by 11 opinions
Appeal from Morris District Court. Prosecution for libel. December 16, 1889, the defendant Brady was sentenced to pay a fine of $10, and the costs of the prosecution. He appeals. The facts appear in the opinion.
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Green, C.:
This case comes here on appeal from the district court of Morris county, where the defendant *436•was prosecuted and convicted of criminal libel, for publishing in the Salina Daily Republican, of which he was the proprietor, at Salina, Kansas, on the 12th day of November, 1889, the following statement:
“ ’ Tis now almost forgotten that Governor Harvey pardoned his own brother out of the penitentiary; the convict Harvey Fad been sent to Lansing from Salina.”
The information charged that the libel was published of and concerning James M. Harvey, John A. Harvey, George E. Harvey,…
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