 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...  Three Years in North America - Page 333by James Stuart - 1833 - 544 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Jonathan French - Newspapers - 1857 - 594 pages
...subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions...as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justillable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the juiy shall have the right... | |
 | William H. R. Wood - Law - 1857 - 834 pages
...the jury that the matter charged1 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. XI. OFFENSES AOAIXST PUBLIC MORALITY, HEALTH AND POLICE. ART. 1982,... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - Cuba - 1857 - 506 pages
...speaking, and writing, and publishing his sentiments, on any subject, provided the jury shall be satisfied that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable conduct. And the Constitution of the other States is similar. This guarantee... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Law - 1857 - 828 pages
...given iJix-i*: truth m»y in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that <ien?".en the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine... | |
 | Michigan - 1857 - 840 pages
...be given uw»;truthm»y in evidence to the jury • and if it shall appear to the jury that aonce. the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine... | |
 | Maurice A. Richter - Municipal government - 1858 - 320 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 libel, the truth may...be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact." I refer to my remarks at clause third. It has been a disputed question... | |
 | New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - Law - 1859 - 670 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 Two-third bins,... | |
 | New York (State) - Law - 1859 - 1086 pages
...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. SEC. IX. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each Two-third... | |
 | Almanacs, American - 1859 - 448 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. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | 1859 - 452 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. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
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