State v. Bienvenu

The opinion of the Court was delivered by

Fenner, J.

Delphin Bienvenu, appellant, was convicted under an indictment charging him with the offense of having published a libel upon the Bev. Cyprien Yénissat, a Catholic priest, contained in a pamphlet written in the French language under the head of “La verité sm- Vaffaire de LábadievilleP

The portions of said pamphlet constituting said, libel are in the following words:

Attendm, I. Qu’á différentes époques, depuis plus de vingt-cinq ans, le Bóv, Cyprien Vénissat, par des a«bes d’impudicitó qni sont de no-toriété publique et par d’autres actes de…