State v. Cooper
Supreme Court of Iowa
Appeal from Monroe District Court.— Hon. M. A. Roberts, Judge. Prosecution for libel. There was a verdict and judgment for defendant. The State appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtMcClain, J.
The defendant was charged with having published, in a newspaper known and designated as the “ Dial of Progress,” an article headed “ Temperance Situation in Monroe County,” in which it was stated that in a proceeding to disbar certain attorneys the prosecutor, W. E. Giltner, a member of the bar, “ muck-raked everything in the practice ■ of the defendants for five or more years, but could establish nothing of a serious nature against them,” *518schemed for the disbarment of snch attorneys “ simply because they were the faithful attorneys of the temperance people, and had many cases pending in…
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- Berger v. Freeman Tribune Publishing Co.Supreme Court of Iowa · 1906
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