People v. Storke
California Supreme Court
The facts are stated in the opinion of the court.
1Opinion of the CourtVak Dyke, J.
Defendant was convicted of the crime of libel, and prosecutes this appeal from the judgment and order denying a new trial.
It appears from the evidence that during the year 1898 a number of scurrilous letters reflecting upon Dr. Martha Case, Dr. Winchester, and others of Santa Barbara were put in circulation in that town. The letters were all anonymous, and differed considerably both in penmanship and style, some appearing to have been written by women in a fanciful hand, some quite illiterate in style, and others in a business, clerical hand, and of this class was the letter addressed to Dr.…
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