State v. Mott
Supreme Court of New Jersey
On certiorari. Motion to quash indictment removed by certiorari from the Hunterdon Sessions.
1Opinion of the Court
The opinion of the court was delivered by '
Magie, J.
The indictment which defendant moves to quash is for libel, and contains two counts, each setting out a different publication. If either count be good, the motion should be denied. State v. Norton, 3 Zab. 33. *
The contention of defendant is that neither' count sets out an indictable offence. The point of objection is that the alleged publications are either not libelous in themselves, and *495not susceptible of the defamatory meaning attributed to them by the innuendoes, without the knowledge of extrinsic facts, not averred in the indictment, or…
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- Shultz v. ChambersSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 1839
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3Cited by1 opinion
- State v. BrowneNew Jersey Superior Court Appellate Division · 1965