... no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions 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... Congressional Serial Set - Página 37131909Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| New Jersey - 1948
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| New York (State). Legislature - 1887 - 102 páginas
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall be requisite... | |
| 1826 - 220 páginas
...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; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite... | |
| Francis Smith Eastman - 1828 - 320 páginas
...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 ; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. ix. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite... | |
| 1831 - 392 páginas
...the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, aJid was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. IX. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature shall be requisite... | |
| Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 páginas
...of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...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... | |
| Andrew White Young - 1835 - 316 páginas
...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 ; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite... | |
| Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 páginas
...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 ; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite... | |
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