KELLY v. TRIBUNE-STAR PUB. CO.

No. 8884.

152 F.2d 267 (1945)

KELLY v. TRIBUNE-STAR PUB. CO., Inc.

Circuit Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

December 12, 1945.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Garfield J. Kelly, pro se.

Louis R. Hilleary and Paul R. Shafer, both of Terre Haute, Ind., for appellee.

Before SPARKS and MAJOR, Circuit Judges, and BRIGGLE, District Judge.


BRIGGLE, District Judge.

Appellant filed suit in the District Court alleging that defendant had published a libelous article in the Terre Haute Star, the gist of which was, as follows: "Kelly was convicted of kidnapping and armed robbery charges in the Vigo Circuit Court and sentenced to life imprisonment on the kidnapping charge in September, 1933. In October, 1933, he was sentenced to serve 20 years on the robbery charge. Since his conviction Kelly has made several...

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