 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 788 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 fact, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Frederick Law Olmsted - 1857 - 570 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers or men 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 shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the courts, as in other... | |
 | Frederick Gerhard - 1857 - 466 sider
...the official conduct of officers, or of men acting 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... | |
 | Frederick Gerhard - 1857 - 474 sider
...the official conduct of officers, or of men acting 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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1858 - 788 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published i» proper for public information, the truth thereof may...evidence; and in all indictments for libels the Jury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the court, »a in other... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - 874 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men 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 a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1900 - 716 sider
...the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. Stuart r. The People. " Under the protection and sanction of these high attributes of a free government,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. General Assembly - 1863 - 84 sider
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in 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... | |
 | Ezra Champion Seaman - 1863 - 312 sider
...or men in public capacity, the mattef published is proper for public information, the truth tkereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facta, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Maryland. Constitutional Convention, William Blair Lord, Henry Martyn Parkhurst - 1864 - 744 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,.fehall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
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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... 
