The sun., 1901-03-15
CONVICTION FOR LIBEL.
THE COURT or APPEALS APFIRNS
THAT or WILLIAM r. SHERLOCK
Opinion Of the Court Of Last Resort Con
arming the Finding Against the Editor
Of the "Cnionist,' who Iibeiled . Fore
man Of THE suns" Composing Room

June, lpOO, tne TlTst COnNlCtlOn Tor GRIM
NAL libel which had been obtained In this
county since the conviction of a writer for
libelling the late August Belmont seventeen
wears earlier was recorded of one william
F. sherlock in the Court OF -ieneral Sessions
before Judge Cowing and a Jury.
sherlock obt aimed from Mr. Justice Bis
chon. Jr certificate OF reasonable doubt
and took an appeal to the Appellate Division,
where the conviction was unanimously af-
Hrmed His counsel then obtained a certih-
cate from Chief Judge Parker Of the Court
~ Appeals and took an appeal 10 that court,
where the case was argued on Jan. 81.
The court OF last resort on Tuesday unan-
iunsusly affirmed the conviction Of Sherlock
In the following opinion rendered by Judge
cuflen:
" Sew York, Respondent, No. IL against
Wllam r sherlock. Appellant. W. '. B.
T. : ". &. All ofthe Judges conCurred in this
opinion. Appeal from judgment of the
Appellate Division Of the First pepartin inent
Affirming a judgment Of the Court OF General
sessions OF the Peace Of the City and County
q New York on a conviction OF libel Benja-
min Patterson and George W. Miller. for
appellant. Franklin Bartlett for respond
cnt.
CULLEN. j.. The appellant was indicted
for having published in a newspaper called
the lnionist false and malicious libel on
oFihe arge dS nHnern ~ in 1'T Ibe XIV Of Sew
YORK A the uin,, II the offence there wa,
labor war. b"t Neen the organized or
,iark worked ihr wefrrill nort Of tEe
thcscd libel IN substance ,rhareed Clark
JIr5ngI made false entries I'm tLr uayroll
of tho plln~ aud an rupriaied the money
%5I ,s t6a r@n,s~rto'tv %l, or n,sa nrran
of ne LABOR unions. and copies Of the paper fer
,no city %, Icn Yorl on thc ,rial The 'ar,- ap-
pr. an admitted his responsible for the
b c.l"u- ,uLltcsji"n and sought 10 Justify
,a,'e rhar.ai or"pSt him nJ 'Hat rnEvia-
lion hl, been li'irrcd hy the Appellate
nI.."Gg If f t4% SgPrsmS M on S S@gr' .onc,, 70
rc,a~-. t'n Indictment below is that tho trial
,olrt N it, .charse in.ad'! III" province 9f
~ 'uc Constitution l.. in criminal prp-ccu-
,or. or inic'men.s for iibe!. aurhoriscd
.. arir,6,, That lb.s Tuc.riom H. not pr,rcfiy
haf,,n u, u.cau~c no e,reutinn VIZ t1I.r,.
on he lr. % u. ,s@ g,or,@ Of o car, i. ~
,to ArraIi,ta DIyision nm, ,hoorriiini tn ,,r,,r
a r"E' irlI IN cri;uinol case when -o,I,dci
,tcvctrit Of - ,i,Icrco n .1l,.it h.. l,,. MIN,
,..rire re mira. II ,yhe-hnr n,carti"ns b,va
yyseo rs!. rI, In ti,e. ,oi'rt LeI"H or no, ir
.ion t9s t:9 ticb rc,rIT wrII,T ~ ~, I", h,n
,bis c,r,ri ia Lrood rGvar giynrI r.. ,re
Appelaic m ptyi.i"n q thS surrcne Dc Gourr m
- re',"TG Nf Ti'n ~ Tny Wn"ra IN" l1s
notice onlV nf ie-ni errors arpoaring j., he
ua ",.' ~. ~ ~, T. 'aI"In az lI'HIint ~ IiIrI
tp,to. ". ,a 'If,,t,IIp II ,"NNc''y'" -" 'l' ,i'"'
tvons no \ as same ~ ~. r"n1r4j
hN"N9' u" s,,, Sa'.t v '"nhr'Ii
~. iii,, o." cII,. ~ ta,i ,i,,. ,n. an"E'p
.I.'i luSoIN'r a. ' ',l IN nv " tt'N,I}i I'yH
Hmited bv theCons,itntion iiscif md legilIo-
inn enac ad in n,Irs,arc ~ i, 4rji
-l,u , I'M, ] ~ ln ,','' sha.'e, ~ ne caS" =
b., nnao :" 'rgy 'r,sgy thtloeiIl vs. i in1
showed on rs tnce hat the verdict was rem
u'reu nv "uiE .i'N ~ !.@lor @ !, VA held NAY
slch Ithp,n"t nld r, no, con'ritH,c legaI
.uVy. Hnu itt'!ol', In'I', VIZ, u" IurIsu'tIon
~ ~ Irhur!. 'vNN,p,h ~ M'S,h|I " me
peopie - =. J., rhe record ia!ed 10 show
"a" why Judgment Sh"uld not be prononncod
AGAINST hiu " vas hrld ma me defect was
nntii the def"ndnn' had been Gv@3 an o.
portuhtS 70 mnS" ~ hrtesl N thls ,cR,e,
howeVer a" r@cGar ,noW9 'hr'sIctinn ~ tne
court ana rSghHflLN, IN rs proceedings
Erroneous ruling; oi the trlh Conrt on the
adnlsslon ~ eVnn.tcr or IN hsIrlc,,l'nI 10
thc lnrT cSnS,rha" nnSSnr We, '%eh. "rr"r 'hi' ""'n
'NUUenri,"mS my %, 49, II, 'tN'n t,N'n,.,,Ao,-i.,
,bN II W. tnaI i.,,H ~ ,,hht z" 81 ne ,Hl
JndS" we Inn 70 no n2 error 'u",G WI" ~"
- ,ai T,n,!'''' ~ &, ~ - "a"
rr." ~. Catn,,i,,,.''n,,' u, ~ ,Io d,o
ht o.. "n Fhe nS Iaw anG Hc r1% r. k p"r n"
NlrN ~ I'N."w , , tl' :, ,'T'r ',.'' roy. ~
,ir ,aitrI Hr, - rl.t r,r I,H
,pIIis,o-,. r,Io ,I,,.., @ is me-, Ic,r,ir,
~ 10 nrofessIon Tre c,ntro,.nrUr wos
sc,,ind IN rlis e,a,o hv ,In cnoctre,, ~
,I...,o. a., -, ~. - ., 20 ,L;.L 80,
-, ~ . 80 - L. .gLEII ''', ~" ~ W.
dnt,oor',ino ,i, - AZ arI ,Lo 60, a',dssr tbs
tmn' ~ ~ q" ~ In i,', . mmr'I ~
u.T"u' nI ~, ~, ~. o,r HH ,b t,b ~
%h % nj I, i''rrim m :, "i J , I,os
,n F,"' Wti,G cr' sbo,,Ii fi'i' o 's,iS
III .' -, ,tar,n ma, ,.r,,.i - a.
'L',n ~ ~ ,L ~" - i,,r lr,,r' lr,r j -
'r.,;t,irs, ~" -, ,ssI ",,Mg ~ ~ y. az ",',o. " ~
I.s,,i,,, ~ ,I -, -, 10, ,o',,i,,, L,,, ,b.
" ~ s, H., l,,,, - H., ."l lirI
~" Int ~" ~, ~, ,,,,,m o' If
,cr.rroi 20 md 90 ti,n ,,orfi,p Of tho con-
Ir,"rJru - III ~ a., tbn, ~ ~ ,--i,,1
-LIl.h :" I I H. IN, ',"' % W. ,,,'',iI' a IA
us NV, w ~ ~ ,,,i - ,C,r,s
"M" 'nHarisa,i1u' III no, !" TTr,n,t'aucL ,,' ~
w. na, ~ "x,,r, H., soa,,,s "a b,vc boou
,'tF t,'' y 80 - -, 90 pn,,r ~. -
rr Grrn,an "a JoSrsot"s rs.ns 9qn Tba Iow
n, alt n,iiaJ n,,borntsc e., tbis $40 ~
r't,a'' ~ p.o,ia 1oe \ y ~ "a Inra ~
I.n"kh ~, a. ~ i,ir,l rasos' Io~rc-t ,,,.c
,I ,,' rr ,,'' IunI Iii ns il, c,ru 90 n. tLe
tl."';g' h',r ~, ,otothc Iav tro,, no corr
IL - -, 49, ., me-, ou;IC,i,otjyoi,, Jo.e-
1e ~ 81 ,oI w. r., Huo 5. ME- ',o,,t
Iu'I -, ~ H. e,,,rar q 1n,1r, ~, NO I-ri,ad
,'i, e. - - 60 ua,sa, - r-,itod .,.tc.
Na'Y, 7Pu "'1Lr % III n,i,,i,s 'JnliyarsJ
10. 4 hn f,,,,d ,'r,I.' c,Hnue,iva
n ~ -, "a n,sos oc.o,,-,irc eari,.
fI'n u w y" a. or,int,i"n ~ the
r. ~ ,,.. 't ,iTl, r,sos eIou.. ,ba, avou those