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" 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 275
by West Virginia - 1887
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A Treatise on the Practice of the Courts of the State of California ...

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...
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Collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

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;...
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A Law Dictionary Adapted to the Constitution and Laws of the ..., Volume 2

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...
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A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United ...

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...
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A History of the Struggle for Slavery Extension Or Restriction in the United ...

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...
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Report of the Special Committee Appointed to Investigate the Troubles in ...

United States. Congress. House. Committee to Investigate the Troubles in Kansas - 1856 - 1346 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. 12. No person shall be transported...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New York: As Altered by ..., Volume 1

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...
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The State Register [of California] and Year Book of Facts: For the Year 1857-59

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...
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The Political Code of the State of New York

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...
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The State Register and Year Book of Facts

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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