 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...  Laws - Side 23av Illinois - 1849Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
 | Great Britain. Foreign Office, Great Britain. Foreign and Commonwealth Office - 1859 - 1440 sider
...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,...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 cases. 7.... | |
 | Maine - 1841 - 922 sider
...capacity, or the 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... | |
 | Delaware - 1841 - 468 sider
...that liberty. In prosecutions for publications investisating the proceedings of officers, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be sriven in evidence: and in all indictments for libels the jury may determine the facts and the law,... | |
 | 1841 - 460 sider
...prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public 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... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. Senate - 1842 - 130 sider
...capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information,...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
...of that liberty. In prosecutions for publications investigating the promedings of officers, or where the matter published is proper for public information,...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... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 sider
...prosecutioni for any publications, respecting the official conduct of men in a public 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 Commonwealth v . Whitmarsh. Lillie... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 sider
...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,...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 cases. SEC.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1846 - 240 sider
...prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public 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... | |
 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - 1847 - 618 sider
...for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in » public capacity, or when the matter published is proper...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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