Warner v. Baker
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Hearing- on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of libel. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in an action of libel, in which the appellant, Brainerd H. Warner, was defendant.
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Hearing- on an appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia, on verdict, in an action of libel. The Court in the opinion stated the facts as follows: This is an appeal from the judgment of the supreme court of the District of Columbia in an action of libel, in which the appellant, Brainerd H. Warner, was defendant. Dor convenience, the appellant will be referred to hereafter as defendant, and appellee, Daniel W. Baker, as plaintiff. The alleged libel consisted of an article published by defendant in the Washington- Herald of March 28, 1908. It is…
1Opinion of the CourtJustice Van Orsdel
In the course of the trial, defendant testified, among other things, that the article in fact was intended as a criticism upon plaintiff’s going into the State of Maryland to engage in politics in violation of the civil service regulations of the United States. On cross-examination, for the purpose of showing malice, he was interrogated in respect of certain communications addressed by him to the Attorney General of the United States, for the purpose of securing, if possible, the discharge of plaintiff from his office. Defendant was also asked, over objection of his counsel, whether he had…
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