In re the Appeal of Lowe
Supreme Court of Kansas
Appeal from Elh District Court. A COPY of the information referred to in the opinion, (caption omitted,) is as follows: “In the name and by the authority and in behalf of the state of Kansas, I, J. V. Beekman, county attorney in and for the said county of Chautauqua, come now here and give the court to understand and to be informed, that on the 23d day of August, 1889, at and within the said county of Chautauqua and state of Kansas, the above-named defendant, F. Keifer, then…
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Appeal from Elh District Court. A COPY of the information referred to in the opinion, (caption omitted,) is as follows: “In the name and by the authority and in behalf of the state of Kansas, I, J. V. Beekman, county attorney in and for the said county of Chautauqua, come now here and give the court to understand and to be informed, that on the 23d day of August, 1889, at and within the said county of Chautauqua and state of Kansas, the above-named defendant, F. Keifer, then and there unlawfully, willfully and maliciously intending and contriving to defame one Sandy Lowe, and provoke him to…
1Opinion of the Court
Opinion by
Simpson, C.:
An information was filed against one F. Keifer, in the district court of Chautauqua county, charging that the defendant, on the 23d day of August, 1889^ unlawfully, willfully and maliciously made, composed, and circulated, against the appellant, S. Lowe, a certain false, malicious, defamatory and scandalous letter, writing, and communication, set forth in full in said information. A change of venue was taken to Elk county, and the case was tried in the district court of that county before a jury, and a verdict returned October 14, 1889, finding the defendant not guilty;…
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