 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Law - 1860 - 668 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged as libelous 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. SECTION 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members Tm>.third MIU. elected... | |
 | California - Session laws - 1863 - 908 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. la all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in...charged as libellous is true, and was published with pood motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted : ami die jury shall have the... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1863 - 1036 pages
...indictments for libels, the truth may l>e given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear libel»to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party is to be acquitted ; arid the jury have the right to determine... | |
 | Clark Bell - Medical jurisprudence - 1893 - 544 pages
...freedom of the press. In all criminal prosecutions, or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...the right to determine the law and the fact." Sec also Com. v. Blanding, 3 Pick, (Mass.), 3)3. Sir William Blackstone states the Common Laws of England... | |
 | Northwest, Pacific - 1919 - 82 pages
...as libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party accused shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 8. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person,... | |
 | Northwest, Pacific - 1919 - 332 pages
...as libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party accused shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 8. No person shall be held to answer for a criminal offense without due process of law; and no person,... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1899 - 1240 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged ns iibelous 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." Const, art. 1, par. 5. The truth of the matter charged as libelous,... | |
 | California. Legislature. Senate - 1874 - 1206 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together to consult for the common good, to... | |
 | California. Legislature. Senate - 1891 - 1018 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged as libelous 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. Indictments found, or information laid, for publications in newspapers... | |
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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... 
