Gibson v. Cincinnati Enquirer
U.S. Circuit Court for the District of Southern Ohio
This was action for publishing in the Cincinnati Enquirer, a paper of large circulation and influence, the following libel: “Still Another. — -The new city of Huntington, up the river, is now enjoying one of the j juiciest crim. con. scandals of the day.
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This was action for publishing in the Cincinnati Enquirer, a paper of large circulation and influence, the following libel: “Still Another. — -The new city of Huntington, up the river, is now enjoying one of the j juiciest crim. con. scandals of the day. The ! parties are one Gibson, a Republican editor, and the wife of a railroad official at Huntington, West Virginia, who were caught in flagrante delicto on the steamer Bostonia, and hustled ashore at midnight,by Captain Bry-son.” Evidence showed that plaintiff was a person of good reputation, having a wife and children; that he was engaged…
1Opinion of the Court
BROWN, District Judge.
The first error assigned is in the admission of the article immediately, preceding the libel in question, and in permitting the same to be read to the jury. I am informed by the learned judge who presided at the trial, that in fact only the caption of the article was read to the jury as explanatory of the words “Still Another” ; but it is claimed that even this was erroneous, unless the words “Still Another” were aided or explained by an innuendo, referring to the preceding article, which was entitled, “Terrible Charge against a Methodist Preacher.” I think the defendant…
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- Field v. New York Central RailroadNew York Court of Appeals · 1865
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- Tillotson v. CheethamNew York Supreme Court · 1806
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