 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 776 sider
...publishing апт 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 charged па a libel And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law aud the fa»:.... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 1170 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... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1868 - 548 sider
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of tho cause, to give iu evidence in his defense the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the causeshall have n right to determine the law and tho fact, under tho direction of... | |
 | John C. Devereux - 1868 - 444 sider
...President of the United States ; and made it lawful for the defendant to give in evidence, upon the trial, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And in many, if not most of the Statbs, special provisions have been made in favor of allowing the truth... | |
 | Lucius Quintius Cincinnatus Elmer, New Jersey - 1868 - 1198 sider
...thereof, or against any other person, 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 charged in the indictment, any law, usage or custom to the contrary notwithstanding. NOTES. A sealed... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis - 1879 - 460 sider
...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...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... | |
 | John Francis Hamtramck Claiborne - 1880 - 606 sider
...called "The Washington Republican," against yon. Under our law the defendant in such cases has a right to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter charged aslibelous; and this privilege the defendant on that occasion availed himself of, to the fullest... | |
 | Frank Gaylord Cook - 1882 - 474 sider
...foreign nations against the United States. Sec. 3 provided that one, accused under this law, could "give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libel." The act was to continue in fo1ce until Mar. 3, 1801. Prosecutions (says Cooley, Const. Law,... | |
 | Eugene Tyler Chamberlain, Thomas W. Handford - 1884 - 564 sider
...it shall be lawful for the defendant upon the trial of the cause to give in evidence of 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... | |
 | Howard Willis Preston - 1886 - 336 sider
...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...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... | |
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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... 
