 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 acquitted;...  Acts of the Philippine Commission - Page 39by United States. Philippine Commission (1900-1916) - 1902Full view - About this book
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1879 - 658 pages
...for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the j ury ; and if it shall appear to the j ury, that the matter 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... | |
 | California - 1879 - 216 pages
...indictments 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 acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
 | California, California. Constitutional Convention - 1880 - 648 pages
...indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear lu the jury that the matter 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 to... | |
 | Henry A. Gaston - 1880 - 336 pages
...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 acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
 | Henry C. Northam - 1881 - 194 pages
...indictments 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 acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | California - 1881 - 946 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears 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 acquitted. The jury have the right to determine... | |
 | California - 1881 - 940 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the truth ' may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears 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 acquitted. The jury have the right to determine... | |
 | California - 1881 - 820 pages
...libel docs not imply personal ill-will towards the person libeled. Com. v. Banner, 9 Mete. 410. 251. In all criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appeal's to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published... | |
 | California - 1881 - 806 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it appears 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 acquitted. The jury have the right to determine... | |
 | Timothy Walker - 1882 - 850 pages
...libeller may be criminally prosecuted as an offender against the public peace. Again, it is declared, that "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... | |
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