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US vs Fred L. Dorr, Et Al.

THE UNITED STATES, complainant-appellee, vs. FRED L. DORR ET AL., defendants-appellants.

G.R. No. 1051 | 1903-05-19

D E C I S I O N


LADD, J.:

The defendants have been convicted upon a complaint charging them with the offense of writing, publishing, and circulating a scurrilous libel against the Government of the United States and the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands. The complaint is based upon section 8 of Act No. 292 of the Commission, which is as follows:

"Every person who shall utter seditious words or speeches, write, publish, or circulate scurrilous libels against the Government of the United States or the Insular Government of the Philippine Islands, or which tend to disturb or obstruct any lawful officer in executing his office,...