A California Editor Sentenced To Imprisonment For Libel.-- J. Walter Walsh, editor and proprietor of a sheet called the Sunday Varieties, published in San Francisco, was recently convicted of libeling a liquor seller in that city, and sentenced to one year's imprisonment in the county jail. Walsh is a coarse Irishman, and was formerly connected with the Press of Louisville, Ky., under the nom de plume of “The Recluse.” The carrier of his paper was also sentenced to 30 days' confinement in jail.
~ Richmond Daily Dispatch, 01 May 1860 Page 1, Column 4
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