 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 legislature of west virginia - Page 2731887Full view - About this book
 | California - 1872 - 628 pages
...criminal prosecutions for li be], 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, Creed Haymond - 1872 - 768 pages
...on 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... | |
 | Elder James A. Little - 1872
...civil actions 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 justiliable ends, the party shall bo acquitted or exonerated. Sec. 10. The people shall... | |
 | California - 1872
...on 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... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - 1873 - 789 pages
...the liberty of speech or of the Press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence, and if it shall appear to the jury...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... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - 1873 - 789 pages
...the liberty cf speech or of the Press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence, and if it shall appear to the jury...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... | |
 | 1873
...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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jurv shall have the right to... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1873 - 358 pages
...prosecutions for that offense, " 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." * In- writing concerning Government... | |
 | Ohio. Constitutional Convention - 1873
...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 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... | |
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