Vance v. Louisville Courier-Journal Co.
Court of Appeals of Kentucky
Case 9 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1. The publication complained of is plain and unambiguous in its terms; therefore the question as to whether the charge is bribery or not is a matter for the court and not for the jury to determine.
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Case 9 — PETITION ORDINARY APPEAL FROM JEFFERSON COURT OF COMMON PLEAS. 1. The publication complained of is plain and unambiguous in its terms; therefore the question as to whether the charge is bribery or not is a matter for the court and not for the jury to determine. (2 Thompson on Trials, sec. 2029, ed. 1889; Townsend on Slander and Libel, pp. 502-4, ed. 1890; Odgers on Slander and Libel, chap. 3.) 2. The publications complained of make several charges of crime which are crimes under the laws of the United States (U. S. Rev. Stat., secs. 5506-7, 5015, 5016) and also under the laws of the…
1Opinion of the Court
■JUDGE HAZELBTGG
delivered ti-ijs opinion of the court.
This was an action for libel, instituted by the appellant against the appellee by reason of the following publications appearing in the appellee’s newspaper, the Courier-Journal, of date November 3, 1886:
“Wantonly Exceeding their Province. Burton Yance, a defeated Republican candidate, was at the first precinct of the seventh ward as a supervisor of election. In defiance of the law he interfered in every way with the polling of Democratic votes, challenging the voters, insisting on naturalized citizens showing their papers, and otherwise…
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