Show AS importing 7 5 A vry very flae point of 0 law we was 9 decided on wednesday by judge wilson in the tha california supreme court which if sue by the supreme court 0 of the united states will put a top stop to a great many petty suits of libel A reporter of a city newspaper ims paper was waa bolted asked whether he ha had received the information embodied la in one of hla his articles from a certain source objection was made to the question on the ground that the communication muni cation male made to the reporter by ill hla a informant was a privileged communication and tho the judge sustained tiona t on stating tating that it was against p public ablie policy pol cy to compel reporters to divulge ill the e sources of their information A reporter la Is regarded as a rep represent titled of the public anti and as a coadjutor of the officers of 0 justice ho Is ia en ea titled to ta ferrit out in criminal arid and other cases it follows that all the tha information he obtains is the pro petty perty of the public c and should bo be asad use d exclusively to promote th the ends of jus tico tice and lung bring about a moral state stale of public affairs Inthe in the case in which judge wilson malo made his ruling there was iras a dispute between husband and difo A certain newspaper paper published statements disbar aging the character of the tha wife I 1 the h 0 reporter was asked whether lie he had derived lug his authority for making these statements from the husband judge sullivan held that the ne question was proper eraa as tending to elicit tile the feelings of it the ie husband to the alfa the lepor or refused to answer pleading that his information was privileged and lie he wits was hild for contempt tile the supreme court a voiding avoiding tile the main question vacated the contempt on the tha ground that the ques que tion wa was immaterial judge wilson ildon ruled in favor favo favoron of professional privilege eagin saying at the tha same time that to ha have ve made the reporter reveal tile the namo name 0 of f 1 no ia informant would have hava bren been a b blow ow at the liberty of the press |