13 Tex. Ct. App. 344
Decided January 17, 1883
Court of Appeals of Texas · decided 1883-01-17
Tried below before the Hon. O. L. Tlirelkeld, County Judge. The indictment, without alleging the language used, charged the slander of Mrs. Barbara Schumaker, by imputing to her a want of chastity. The appellant was convicted, and his punishment was assessed at a fine of one hundred dollars and confinement in the county jail for fifteen days. The opinion sufficiently discloses the case.
Cited by 1 later decisions — most recently July 1917
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Decided 1883-01-17
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¶1Defendant was convicted of the offense of imputing a want of chastity to a female. Exceptions to the information, because the words constituting the alleged slander were not set forth therein, were overruled. This was error. In charging this offense, the words alleged to be slanderous must be set forth substantially. (Lagrone v. The State, 12 Texas Ct. App., 426; Melton v. The State, 12 Texas Ct. App., 552.)
¶2Reversed and dismissed.
¶3Opinion delivered January 17, 1883.