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 275by West Virginia - 1887Full view - About this book
| Jesse B. Hart - 1853 - 334 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... | |
| State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...abridge the liberty of speech or the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel the truth may be given in evidence; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous be true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted;... | |
| John Bouvier - 1855 - 774 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. The jury shall have the right to determine... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1856 - 186 pages
...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. SEC. Vt. No person shall be transported... | |
| Horace Greeley - 1856 - 172 pages
...or indictments for libel, the truth nay 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 notives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall E>e acquitted. SEC. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
| New York (State) - 1859 - 1086 pages
...or 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... | |
| 1859 - 450 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... | |
| New York (State). Commissioners of the Code - 1859 - 670 pages
...or 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 justifiaSECTION' 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members Two-tuird WIK elected to... | |
| 1859 - 448 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... | |
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