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Show j Looks . Like Libel. On Friday evening last the Deseret News contained a very malicious fling at Judge Zane. It is a hard matter to convict con-vict any one of criminal libel, but it looks very much as though the parties responsible respon-sible for this are liable for prosecution for that crime. The language referred to consists of an extract from an alleged newspaper called the Idaho Democrat and the introductory and approving remarks of the A'cws, as follows : - "The Idaho Democrat hits pretty near the truth in the following, as it frequently does when referring to the situation here: A Salt L.ake Judge has decided the city ordinance prescribing penalties for promiscuous intercourse inter-course unconstitutional. The Jndcre had to decide the way he did. The enforcement enforce-ment of the law would have implicated too mRny prominent officials, probably himself among the number.' " - |