 | Francis Smith Eastman - 1828 - 320 Seiten
...; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...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... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 Seiten
...and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall :ippear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous, is true, and was published with good motives,... | |
 | New York (State) - 1829 - 826 Seiten
...and no law shall be passed, to restrain, or abridge the liberty011 of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...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... | |
 | 1834 - 518 Seiten
...incorporated into the laws of many of the States, is introduced into this bill of rights, viz.: ' In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published... | |
 | 1831 - 392 Seiten
...right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, aJid was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1831 - 214 Seiten
...alleged to be libellous is found to be true, and to have been 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.—2. A school fund is created out of proceeds of sales of public lands... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 Seiten
...and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. 9. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each branch of... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1833 - 304 Seiten
...and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to t'he jury, that the mutter charged as libelous, is true, and was publishe with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
 | James Stuart - 1833 - 928 Seiten
...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 ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact." The action to which I allude originated in public business, which... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 Seiten
...and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published vith good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have... | |
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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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the... 
