Wood v. State of Georgia

Bell, Judge.

At the outset may it be explained that the writer prepared and is publishing for the court the opinion and judgment with respect to counts 1 and 8 of the contempt citation. These counts appear here in division 1 and 8 respectively. Since the majority of the court en banc agreed with the views expressed by Judge Townsend upon count 2 of the citation, he has prepared the majority view on this count, and his expressions will appear in division 2 of the opinion.

*316Reduced to its basic elements, the present appeal brings into conflict the constitutional right of freedom of speech, on the…