 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
 | California - 1872 - 732 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... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - 1873 - 806 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 - 808 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... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1873 - 850 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, and the jurv shall have the right to... | |
 | Caspar Thomas Hopkins - 1873 - 396 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 - 1372 pages
...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... | |
 | Ohio - 1873 - 622 pages
...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. (See Const. 1802, Art. VIII, ยง 6.)... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Commission (1873) - 1873 - 314 pages
...libels, the truth may be given in evi- Art. 2,sec. 4. dence 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... | |
 | Michigan. Legislature. Senate - 1874 - 284 pages
...all 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 accused shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Michigan - 1874 - 50 pages
...all 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 accused shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right... | |
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