In all criminal prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be... Laws of the Territory of Idaho - Side 457av Idaho (Ter.) - 1864Uten tilgangsbegrensning - Om denne boken
| Member of the New York Bar - 1852 - 738 sider
...By the constitution of >'ew Jersey, (1844) it is declared, that "in all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
| Jesse B. Hart - 1853 - 334 sider
...or of the.press. In all criminal prosecutions on indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
| Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 574 sider
...to consider the expediency of incorporating therein a declaration that in all criminal proceedings for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 sider
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel?, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
| Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 sider
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
| John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 sider
...attorney or agent of his choice. 57. — § 25. In all prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine... | |
| 1855 - 576 sider
...law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in...evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
| United States. Congress. House. Committee to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas - 1856 - 1346 sider
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. SEC. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1856 - 186 sider
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. SEC. Vt. No person shall be transported... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1856 - 172 sider
...speech or of the press. In all criminal )rosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth nay be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear to the...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good notives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall E>e acquitted. SEC. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
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