Legal Opinion
Kleck v. State
Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas
Decided May 7, 1924No. 7930PublishedCited by 3 opinions
Appeal from District Court, Gillespie County; J. H. McLean, Judge. Peter Kleek was convicted of libel, and he appeals.
1Opinion of the CourtHawkins, J.
Conviction is for libel, punishment having been assessed at a fine of $350.
In the early dawn of a July morning in 1922 there was found posted in various places in the city of Fredericksburg in Gillespie county, written in longhand, the following notice:
“Look Out! Look Out!
“There is a brown fellow here, in town the people call him the secondhand lawyer. His grandfather was a regular horse thief and his father was and is a hog and cattle thief. Now that secondhand lawyer is stealing and robbing the people by law. Therefore look out! Look out! for that hypocrite quick and he will make any man…
2Cases cited4 opinions
- Bratt v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1897
- Lasher v. StateCourt of Appeals of Texas · 1891
- Gould v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1911
- Chappell v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1910
3Cited by3 opinions
- Garner v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1925
- Barnes v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1959
- Chaney v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Texas · 1932