 | Maine - 1841 - 922 sider
...qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, if established, it shall be held a complete justification. SECT. 5. In the trial of any criminal prosecution... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. Senate - 1842 - 130 sider
...qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | 1843 - 434 sider
...prosecutions for publications investigating the promedings of officers, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all inliM"ients for libels, the jury may determine the facts and the law, as in sther cases. ; 6. The people... | |
 | Illinois - 1845 - 766 sider
...official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence. And in all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court as... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 sider
...or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1846 - 240 sider
...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Illinois - 1847 - 600 sider
...official conduct of oilieers, or of men acti-ig in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - 1847 - 618 sider
...official conduct of officers, or of men acting in » public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof...evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shull have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments... 
