 | James Kent - 1848 - 1046 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted." These provisions in favour of giving... | |
 | Wisconsin. Constitutional Convention - 1848 - 698 pages
...the jury that the matter charged as libellous, be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. Sec. 4. The people shall at all times have the right in a peaceable... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 pages
...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 a right to determine the law and the fact. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each... | |
 | 1849 - 626 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 libellous is true,...be acquitted} and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together, to... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1849 - 482 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1849 - 866 pages
...indictments for libels, the Irinh may be given in evidence to the jury ; aud if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall bo acquitted; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Harmon Kingsbury - 1849 - 244 pages
...speaking, writing, and publishing his sentiments on any subject, provided the Jury shall be satisfied that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends. It is, therefore, evident that a citizen of New York is responsible... | |
 | Daniel Dewey Barnard - 1849 - 112 pages
...become, and are likely long to remain, the undisputed test of the law of libel, in this state. " If the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party is to be acquitted, and the jury has the right to determine... | |
 | 1849 - 214 pages
...become, and are likely long to remain, the undisputed test of the law of libel, in this state. " If the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party is to be acquitted, and the jury has the right to determine... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 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 libellous is true,...be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. 8ec. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
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... 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 determine the law and the fact. 
