This section is from the book "Popular Law Library Vol10 Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Wills, Administration", by Albert H. Putney. Also available from Amazon: Popular Law-Dictionary.
It is no defense that the accused merely published what had for a long time been currently reported in the community and generally believed to be true.156
Nor is it a defense that the writing was merely a repetition of previous oral publications and that the conduct of the person to whom the writing refers induced him to make the written publication.157
 
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