 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 as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the...  A Treatise on Criminal Law - Página 461por Francis Wharton - 1885Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | 1849 - 214 páginas
...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... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1849 - 866 páginas
...liberty. No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of tpeech or of tho press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given iu evidence, and the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction... | |
 | Daniel Dewey Barnard - 1849 - 112 páginas
...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... | |
 | Michigan - 1850 - 40 páginas
...either in his own proper person, or by an attorney or agent of his choice. § 25. In all prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to...as libellous, is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall hare the right to determine... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 540 páginas
...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...evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellious is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 páginas
...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...evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - 1850 - 990 páginas
...prosecutions for libels, •he iruth may be given in evidence to the ury ; 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. The jury shall have the right to de°... | |
 | James Kent - 1851 - 706 páginas
...mentioned, and is not quite so latitudinary in its indulgence as some of them. It declares, that " in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the...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... | |
 | A. S. Barnes - 1852 - 674 páginas
...either in his own proper person, or by an attorney or agent of his choice. 25. In all prosecutions for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to...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... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1918 - 854 páginas
...to return a verdict of guilty." The Constitution (section 18, art. 2) provides: "In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
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