 | Daniel Dewey Barnard - 1849 - 112 pages
...become, and are likely long to remain, the undisputed test of the law of libel, in this state. " If the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party is to be acquitted, and the jury has the right to determine... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1850 - 1028 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...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... | |
 | United States. President (1849-1850 : Taylor) - California - 1850 - 1016 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...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... | |
 | John Frost - California - 1850 - 558 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in...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... | |
 | John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 534 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the pre?s. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments far libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the...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. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 540 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in...be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. 8ec. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | Michigan - Constitutions - 1850 - 40 pages
...either in his own proper person, or by an attorney or agent of his choice. § 25. In all prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to...as libellous, is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall hare the right to determine... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - Constitutional conventions - 1850 - 538 pages
...the jury that the matter charged as libellious 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. IX. No law shall be passed, abridging the right of the people peaceably... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1850 - 990 pages
...prosecutions for libels, •he iruth may be given in evidence to the ury ; 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 acquitted. The jury shall have the right to de°... | |
 | Thomas Jefferson Farnham - California - 1851 - 658 pages
...passed to res'train or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in...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... | |
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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... 
