The owner of a newspaper is criminally liable for any defamatory or libelous matter published or put in circulation by his agents or employes, even though done without his knowledge or consent, unless it appears that the publication did not occur through his negligence or want of ordinary care.150

And any person who furnishes the libelous matter for publication shall be held equally liable with the person who publishes it, though he may not see what was actually written until after its publication.151

147 Benton vs. State, 59 N. J. L., 551; Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1256.

148 Hartford vs. State, 96 Ind., 461. 149 Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1261;

State vs. Norton, 89 Me., 290

150 Hughes' Cr. Law, Sec. 1259;

State vs. Mason, 26 Or., 273. 151 Clay vs. People, 86 Ill., 151;

State vs. Osborn, 54 Kan., 473;

3 Greenl. Ev., Sec. 172.