 | 1844 - 506 páginas
...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,...shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right of determining the law and the fact. * 17 Wend. R. 426. not sworn at all. The affidavit was intended... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 páginas
...or indictments for libel, 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,...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. VI. The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses,... | |
 | 1847 - 148 páginas
...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...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. Section 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each... | |
 | Joseph H. Mather, Linus Pierpont Brockett - 1847 - 444 páginas
...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,...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. .Sec. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch... | |
 | New York (State) - 1847 - 470 páginas
...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,...be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. Two-third Section 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected... | |
 | Orville Luther Holley - 1847 - 140 páginas
...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...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. Section 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each... | |
 | 1847 - 98 páginas
...or indictments lor libel, the truth maybe given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true,...party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the light to deteruiiue the law and the fact. Matter of course. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 páginas
...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 party shall be be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 páginas
...civil actions (or 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 goocT motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 páginas
...indictment? for libels, the truth may he 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 got'd motives, and for jiistifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the... | |
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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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the... 
