 In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men, in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments...  Acts and Laws of the State of Connecticut - Página 715por Connecticut - 1895Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
 | Joseph Hodgson - 1869 - 222 páginas
...truth thereof may be given in evidence; and that in all indictments for libel, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court. SEO. 15. That all courts shall be open, that every person, for any injury done him in his lands, goods,... | |
 | Tennessee - 1870 - 468 páginas
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the Court as in other criminal cases. Sec. 19, line — , strike out the word " but " and insert " and." Line... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - 1870 - 480 páginas
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the Court as in other criminal cases. Sec. 19, line — , strike out the word "but" and insert "and." . Line... | |
 | 1886 - 548 páginas
...established to the satisfaction of the jury; and In all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, as In other oases."] The portion of the section inclosed in brackets ig new; the balance thereof is... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1871 - 846 páginas
...or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, Ihe truth may be given in evidence, and the jury shall...law and the facts, under the direction of the court. Art. 1, §§ fl and 7. — New York : Every person may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments... | |
 | Alabama - 1871 - 412 páginas
...truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and that in all indictments for libel, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court. § 13. That the right of trial by jury shall remain inviolate. ^ 15. That all courts shall be open,... | |
 | Jasper Yeates, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1871 - 636 páginas
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, as in other cases." 3 Dall. Laws Introd. 34. Some special damages must be proved to warrant the inquiry... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1873 - 788 páginas
...libellous is true, and was published with good and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law, and the facts, under the directions of the court, as in other cases." Also, the following resolution, which was referred to... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1873 - 830 páginas
...the jtruth, when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under tho direction of the court as in other cases. THE LAW IN OTHER STATES. In most of the States the truth... | |
 | Ohio. Supreme Court - 1873 - 504 páginas
...constitution of this state, it is declared that " in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases." It would seem, from, this, that the framers of our bill of rights did not imagine... | |
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