...refponfible for the abufe of that liberty. In prufecutions for the publication of pa« pers, inveftigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publifiied is proper for public information, fh? truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all...

...invcftigating the official conduä of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the nmter publifhed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all indi£lments for libels, the jury fhall have a right to determine the law and the fafts, under the...

...Illinois' third. The first two preserved the defense of truth in certain types of libel prosecutions: "In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information,...

...refponfible for the abufe of that liberty. 8. in profecutions for the publication of papers, inveftigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capacity, or where the? matter publimed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments...

...for the abufe of that liberty. SECT. 8. In profecutions for the publication of papers inveftigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publi(hed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all...

...for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine...

...inveftigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, ,<r where the matter publiflied is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence : And, in all indiflments for libels, the jury fliall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the...

...of that liberty. Jn profecutions for the publication of papers^ inveftigtting the official conducl of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publifhed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence i And, in all...

...have an indefeasible right to acquire, possess, and protect reputation; and by the seventh section, in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating, the official conduct of officers, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. The one is intended as a security to reputation; the other...

...the conjunction, fa doing which we shall read the whole thus, " In prosecutioni for the publications of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity ; or in prosecutions for the publication of papers where the matter published is proper for public information,...