 | New York (State). Legislature - 1887 - 102 էջ
...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...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... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 էջ
...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...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... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1835 - 314 էջ
...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...matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published vith good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 էջ
...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...charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury snail have the right... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 էջ
...Mr. O'Conner, that in actions of libel the truth may be given in evidence ; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives and justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, the jury to be judges of the low and fact.... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 էջ
...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...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... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1848 - 304 էջ
...most of our constitutions, declaring that " the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and if the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted." .In the state of Vermont, however,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1849 - 482 էջ
...speech or of the pres». In all prosecutions or indictments f jr libels, the truth miy be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...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... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 էջ
...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...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... | |
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In all criminal 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 ends, the party shall be... 
