Jones, Varnum & Co. v. Townsend's Administratrix
Supreme Court of Florida
Appeal from Circuit Court for Duval county. The appellants published in their newspaper, The Florida Times-Union,on March 20,1883, at Jacksonville, of the intestate J. E. Townsend, who departed this life subsequent to the entry of this appeal, the following article: “We support Mr. DeCoursey for A ssessor because he is one of the young colored men of this city who stands highest for character and ability.
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Appeal from Circuit Court for Duval county. The appellants published in their newspaper, The Florida Times-Union,on March 20,1883, at Jacksonville, of the intestate J. E. Townsend, who departed this life subsequent to the entry of this appeal, the following article: “We support Mr. DeCoursey for A ssessor because he is one of the young colored men of this city who stands highest for character and ability. His opponent, Mr. Townsend, is a retail liquor dealer, and we are informed that he is now under indictment for not cancelling the stamps on empty-liquor casks, the contents of which he had…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Raney
I. (a.) The appellants in support of their demui’rer to the declaration assert the gravamen of the charge to be that the libel imputed to tbe plaintiff the commission of a felony and that he had been indicted for such felony, the *436charge being that he had been, as defendants were informed, indicted for not canceling tne stamps on empty liquor casks, the contents of which he had sold. This charge they contend is not an offence against the State or United States laws.
Section 3324 of the Revised Statutes of the United States provides that “ every person who empties or draws off any distilled…
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