 ... no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. 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...  Laws of the State of New York - Page xby New York (State) - 1823Full view - About this book
 | John H. Colby - Criminal law - 1868 - 480 pages
...no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...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 Thomas c. Crosswell,... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1034 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecution?, or indictments for libels, the truth may be given...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... | |
 | California - Session laws - 1868 - 936 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of (he 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 jury that the mutter ch»rged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - Court rules - 1868 - 1198 pages
...for the abuse of that right. No law *Jet"eh ™*s shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 0 x\ ƠH%O tа ̂ :a A $ $Km2m| ؊e vZ#0 dyֹ{ 2^b libel, the truth may be Liliel8 Persons and properly ««cared. Trial by jury. Right* of persons acHoir... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1868 - 776 pages
...charged. Art. 1, § 20. — Connecticut : No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1869 - 870 pages
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may bo 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 bo acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1869 - 876 pages
...or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. 6 B., 58. Oons., art. 1, § 8. Ante, p. 39. S 21. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the...given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear iib3Lfo to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives... | |
 | New York (State) - 1869 - 184 pages
...criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear that the matter charged as libellous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the accused shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1871 - 846 pages
...responsible for the abuse of such right. In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...matter charged as libellous is true, and was published [*417] They do not assume to create new rights, but * their purpose is to protect the citizen in the... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Biography & Autobiography - 1871 - 560 pages
...either in his own proper person or by an attorney or agent of his choice. ISec. 25. In all prosecutions 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... | |
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