 In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the...  Three Years in North America - Página 324de James Stuart - 1833Visualização completa - Sobre este livro
 | John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 páginas
...the jury that the matter charged as libellious is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. IX. No law shall be passed, abridging the right of the people peaceably... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - 1850 - 990 páginas
...prosecutions for libels, •he iruth may be given in evidence to the ury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to de°... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1851 - 704 páginas
...liberty of speech or the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact." Art. 7, () 8. Sec also the remarks of the Recorder, ante. vol. 1,... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Farnham - 1851 - 658 páginas
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...be acquitted : and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 páginas
...them. It declares, that " in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted." These provisions in favour of giving... | |
 | Member of the New York Bar - 1852 - 738 páginas
...annexed in restraint of the privilege. By the constitution of >'ew Jersey, (1844) it is declared, that "in all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the...the right to determine the law and the fact." The New York Constitution, adopted in 18-16, contains a similar clause differing only by the insertion... | |
 | John M. Letts - 1852 - 320 páginas
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...be acquitted: and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | 1852 - 680 páginas
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the...as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
 | A. S. Barnes - 1852 - 674 páginas
...by an attorney or agent of his choice. 25. In all prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine... | |
 | John M. Letts - 1853 - 438 páginas
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...be acquitted : and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEO. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
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