| Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 sider
...libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous: — Provided, that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless it- shall be made... | |
| 1827 - 530 sider
...libel, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous ; provided also that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless on the trial it shall... | |
| e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 sider
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6th, 1805, (test. 28, ch. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a. right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court ; and that it shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with... | |
| Joseph Blunt - 1828 - 880 sider
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6lh, 1805, (m-ss. 28, ch. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court ; and that it .shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with... | |
| e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 sider
...act of April 6th, 1505, (.«'.«.«. 28, i-li. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a.right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court; and that it shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with good... | |
| Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - 1833 - 630 sider
...truth may All for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence evidence."1 in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the...under the direction of the . court, as in other cases. § 25. Any person who shall be indicted for any capital crime, shall tb. see. 47. have a copy of the... | |
| Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - 1833 - 664 sider
...libel, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the canso, to give in evidence 'п "is defence, the truth of the matter contained in the...and the jury who shall try the cause, shall have» right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. CRIMINAL... | |
| Joseph Story - 1833 - 800 sider
...of the writing or libel might be given in evidence ; and that the jury, who tried the cause, should have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction ol the court, as in other cases. § 1289. The constitutionality of both the acts was assailed with... | |
| United States. Congress - 1834 - 852 sider
...give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the mailer contained in the publication charged a» n libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." It is only for the sake of the truth said they who favored the passage of the law — for the sake... | |
| United States. Congress - 1851 - 822 sider
...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels iheJury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact,...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. This is the situation in which the Constitution of Pennsylvania has placed the press ; and it is the... | |
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