State v. Canutt

*69The opinion of the court was delivered by

Hadley, J.

On the 6th day of September, 1900, the following affidavit was filed in the superior court of Whitman county, to-wit:

“William Larkin, being duly sworn, respectfully shows to the court: That in the issue of the SpokesmanKeview, a newspaper published in Spokane, Wash., and having general circulation in Whitman county, Washington, dated August 18th, 1900, in .an article entitled, ‘He Scored a Judge,’ said article being dated Colfax, Wash., Aug. 1Y, 1900, it is alleged that one Joseph Canutt, sheriff of Whitman county, Washington, made use of the…