 | Jesse B. Hart - 1853 - 334 pages
...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 determine the law and the fact. • SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Constitutional Convention - 1853 - 578 pages
...criminal proceedings 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. On motion of Mr. RICE, of Leverett,... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 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...be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of... | |
 | Frank Soulé, John H. Gihon, Jim Nisbet - 1855 - 860 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,...be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact Sec, 10. The people shall have tho right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | State Historical Society of Wisconsin - 1928 - 1000 pages
...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; and...right to determine the law and the fact. "Section 4. The people shall at all times have the right in a peaceable manner to assemble together to consult... | |
 | 1855 - 576 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
 | William H. R. Wood - 1857 - 834 pages
...the jury that the matter charged1 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 determine the law and the fact. XI. OFFENSES AOAIXST PUBLIC MORALITY, HEALTH AND POLICE. ART. 1982,... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1857 - 594 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justillable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the juiy shall have the right... | |
 | James Mursell Phillippo - 1857 - 506 pages
...speaking, and 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 conduct. And the Constitution of the other States is similar. This guarantee... | |
 | Michigan, Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1857 - 828 pages
...given iJix-i*: truth m»y in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that <ien?".en the matter charged as libellous 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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... 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. 
