 | Illinois - 1818 - 32 páginas
...speak,write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. Sect. 23. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information,... | |
 | Charles Britten Johnson - 1819 - 190 páginas
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating...determine the law and the facts, under the direction of tne court, as in other cases. SECT. VIII. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses,... | |
 | United States. Congress. House - 1820 - 490 páginas
...That, in all prosecutions for libels, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 17. That no ex-post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Supreme Court, Thomas Sergeant, William Rawle - 1821 - 648 páginas
...from and vafter the passing of that act, no person should be subject to prosecution by indictment, for the publication of papers investigating the official...conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity." It was decided, that the act embraced the case of l)nn>:,\ but a distinction was taken between civil... | |
 | Ohio - 1821 - 636 páginas
...for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecution for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, (ho truth thereof may always he given in evidence; and :n all indictments for libel?, the jury shall... | |
 | 1821 - 454 páginas
...the people, or where the. jniiter ; •• • : .l.shrd is proper for public inlbrmation, the truui thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | Maine - 1822 - 802 páginas
...public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given Tru>h »«т.1« •J л • 11 • J- i , г l -L l ж1- • г. Р»«л m twin evidence, and in... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1825 - 400 páginas
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or.men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is necessary or proper for public information,... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1826 - 658 páginas
...Constitutions of Pennsylvania, Delaware, Kentucky, Ohio, Tennessee, Indiana, and Illinois, provide that in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 páginas
...the free communication of thoughts and opinions, as one of the most invaluable rights of man. In all prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence', — and we consequently steer... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capaci•ty, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments.... 
