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COMMONWEALTH v. MASON

456 Pa. 602 (1974)

Commonwealth v. Mason, Appellant. Commonwealth, Appellant, v. Mason.

Supreme Court of Pennsylvania.

July 1, 1974.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John B. Schaner, Public Defender, for appellant in No. 6 and appellee in No. 7.

Horace J. Culbertson, Acting District Attorney, for appellee in No. 6 and appellant in No. 7.

Before JONES, C.J., EAGEN, O'BRIEN, POMEROY, NIX and MANDERINO, JJ.

OPINION BY MR. JUSTICE O'BRIEN, July 1, 1974:

Benjamin J. Mason was convicted by a judge and jury of thirteen counts of criminal libel and twenty-one counts of anonymous publication. These convictions all arose out of his attacks against four officials of Mifflin County in his irregularly published, mimeographed "newspaper," the Lewiston Liar. The Superior Court affirmed the criminal libel convictions, but reversed the convictions for anonymous publications...

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