 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 sider
...libel, (and wThich included public and private prosecutions,) it should be lawful for the defendant to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter charged ; but such evidence was not to be a justification, unless, on the trial, it should be made... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1851 - 830 sider
...punishable as at common law. Provided, that, upon any prosecution, it shall be lawful for the defendant to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter charged as a libel. Mr. MACÓN said, though he was well convinced that the subject had been so fully... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 890 sider
...exceeding two years:" and "that if ' any person >hall be prosecuted under this act, it ' shall b» lawful for him to give in evidence in his ' defence,...and the jury shall 'have a right to determine the law and the fact, 'nnder tue direction of the court, as in other 'tajes," as in and by the said act,... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 928 sider
...'onment. not exceeding two years:" and "that if ' aoy person shall be prosecuted under this act, it 5 shall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his...publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall 1 have a right to determine the law and the fact, ' under the direction of the court, as in other '... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - 886 sider
...exceeding two thousand dollars, and by impris ' onment, not exceeding two years:" and "that if ' any person shall be prosecuted under this act, it ' shall...evidence in his ' defence, the truth of the matter conlained in the 1 publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall ' have a right to determine... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 sider
...thereof, or against any other person, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon tho trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter charged in the indictment, any law, usage, or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. Bev. Sts. of... | |
 | James Kent - 1854 - 714 sider
...the court, as in other criminal cases; and that the defendant upon the trial might give in evideuce, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication. The act as to the former part of it was taken from the English statutes of 32 Geo. IIL c. 60. See,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 sider
...any person prosecuted for writing or publishing such libel, might, in his defense, give in evidence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury had the right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of t.he court, as in other cases.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1856 - 560 sider
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defense, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of... | |
 | William Archer Cocke - 1858 - 442 sider
...exceeding two years. Section 3d. Related to the pleading on the part of the defendant, and allowed him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth...matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. Section 4th. Related to the duration of the act, (stated supra,) and that after its expiration it still... | |
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That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, 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... 
