DE LA PAZ v. STATE

No. 27552.

279 S.W.2d 101 (1955)

Santos DE LA PAZ, Appellant, v. The STATE of Texas, Appellee.

Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas.

May 18, 1955.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Hyde, Barber & Shireman, Corpus Christi, Truett Barber and Wm. H. Shireman, Corpus Christi, for appellant.

E. James Kazen, Dist. Atty., Laredo, Leon Douglas, State's Atty., Austin, for the State.


BELCHER, Commissioner.

The conviction is for libel; the punishment, six months in jail.

The only serious question raised is as to the sufficiency of the evidence in regard to the identification of the appellant as the person who committed the offense.

The indictment charges that Santos de la Paz was the publisher of the newspaper "La Verdad" and published the libelous statement with intent to injure M. J. Raymond.

Appellant is the person who...

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