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UNITED STATES v. LINDSLEY

No. 8627.

148 F.2d 22 (1945)

UNITED STATES ex rel. DOSS v. LINDSLEY, Sheriff.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Rehearing Denied March 14, 1945.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 21, 1945.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Richard E. Westbrooks, of Chicago, Ill., and William A. Doss, of Monticello, Ill., for appellant.

Oliver D. Mann, of Danville, Ill., for appellee.

Before EVANS and KERNER, Circuit Judges, and BRIGGLE, District Judge.

Writ of Certiorari Denied May 21, 1945. See 65 S.Ct. 1195.

KERNER, Circuit Judge.

Appellant was convicted of criminal libel and sentenced to serve a term of six months in the County Jail of Piatt County, Illinois. The indictment charged Doss with unlawfully and maliciously contriving and intending to vilify and defame Carl I. Glasgow, State's Attorney of Piatt County, and to bring him into public scandal and disgrace by printing and publishing on April 24...

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