 In all criminal 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 ends, the party shall be...  The Oklahoma Law Journal - Page 91907Full view - About this book
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - History - 1872 - 324 pages
...rights ? law of libel provides that in all prosecutions for that offense, " 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 party shall be acquitted."... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872 - 862 pages
...of the press. In all criminal prosecutions and civil actions 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 justiliable ends, the party shall bo acquitted... | |
 | California - California - 1872 - 732 pages
...or of the 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 matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted;... | |
 | California, Creed Haymond, John Chilton Burch, John Hill McKune - Civil procedure - 1872 - 886 pages
...or of the 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 matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted;... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - American newspapers - 1873 - 806 pages
...speech or 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 jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted,... | |
 | Ohio. Constitutional convention - Constitutions - 1873 - 1372 pages
...liberty of speech, or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - United States - 1873 - 396 pages
...criminal law of libel provides that in all prosecutions for that offense, " 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 party shall be acquitted."... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1873 - 850 pages
...speech or 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 jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted,... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Commission (1873) - Constitutional history - 1873 - 314 pages
...abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the accused shall be acquitted;... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - American newspapers - 1873 - 814 pages
...liberty of speech or of the Press. In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted,... | |
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