 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
 | Henry C. Northam - 1881 - 194 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... | |
 | West Virginia - 1884 - 994 pages
...it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged :is libeloua, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the verdict...defendant. 9. Private property shall not be taken or damaged for public use, •v/ithoiit just compensation ; nor shall the same be taken by any •company,... | |
 | United States census office - 1884 - 498 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 justiliable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to... | |
 | Simon Newton Dexter North - 1884 - 524 pages
...or indictments for libel the trnth 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 bo acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to... | |
 | John Joseph Lalor - 1884 - 1254 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 to... | |
 | 1887 - 956 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." By section 131 of the criminal practice... | |
 | William Johnson Cocker - 1885 - 264 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... | |
 | Nevada - 1885 - 1332 pages
...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 justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted or exonerated. 33. SEC. 10. The people... | |
 | 1886 - 444 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; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
 | California - 1886 - 964 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... | |
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