 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 - 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 - 1879 - 308 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... | |
 | Ohio - 1879 - 1232 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the ' truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if it shall appear to ؼ 4 motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. (See Const. 1802, Art. VIII, § 6).... | |
 | California - 1879 - 442 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... | |
 | 1880 - 678 pages
...of speech or of the press. In all criminal 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;... | |
 | 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... | |
 | California - 1881 - 940 pages
...criminal 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... | |
 | New York (State). Secretary's Office - 1881 - 716 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 - 820 pages
...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 with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury have the right to determine... | |
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