STATE v. JOHNSON

No. 27942.

231 S.W.2d 625 (1950)

STATE v. JOHNSON.

St. Louis Court of Appeals. Missouri.

June 20, 1950.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

No appearance, for appellant.

William C. Lochmoeller, Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis, Jasper R. Vettori, Associate Prosecuting Attorney, St. Louis, for respondent.


McCULLEN, Presiding Judge.

Appellant Dewey Johnson was convicted in the St. Louis Court of Criminal Correction on a charge of criminal libel. His punishment was assessed at a fine of $250.00. We shall refer to him hereinafter as defendant.

The information charging the offense against defendant was filed on April 12, 1949. It alleged that the defendant "in the City of St. Louis, on the 22nd day of March, 1949, contriving and intending maliciously to defame...

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