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BALZAC v. PORTO RICO

Nos. 178, 179.

258 U.S. 298 (1922)

42 S.Ct. 343

66 L.Ed. 627

BALZAC v. PEOPLE OF PORTO RICO.

Supreme Court of United States.

Decided April 10, 1922.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Mr. Jackson H. Ralston, with whom Mr. Stanley D. Willis and Mr. Wm. T. Rankin were on the brief, for Balzac.

Mr. Grant T. Trent, with whom Mr. Arthur W. Beer was on the brief, for Porto Rico.

MR. CHIEF JUSTICE TAFT delivered the opinion of the court.

These are two prosecutions for criminal libel brought against the same defendant, Jesus M. Balzac, on information filed in the District Court for Arecibo, Porto Rico, by the District Attorney for that District. Balzac was the editor of a daily paper published in Arecibo, known as "El Baluarte", and the articles upon which the charges of libel were based were published...

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