 | 1852 - Страниц: 470
...Connecticut, Indiana, and Mississippi, the jury are empowered, in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the Court, and the truth of the alleged libel may be given in evidence. In New Hampshire the constitution provides... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - Страниц: 890
...evidence in his ' defence, the truth of the matter contained in the ' publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall 'have a right to determine the law and the fact, 'nnder tue direction of the court, as in other 'tajes," as in and by the said act, commonly callfd... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1852 - Страниц: 886
...evidence in his ' defence, the truth of the matter conlained in the 1 publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall ' have a right to determine the law and the fact, ( under the direction of the court, as in other ' cases," as in and by the said act, commonly... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - Страниц: 340
...freely speak, write, and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. * * * And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall...the direction of the court, as in other cases. Sec. 16. No subsidy, charge, impost, or duties ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any... | |
 | Sarah Josepha Buell Hale - 1853 - Страниц: 318
...for the abuse of that liberty. * * * And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have aright to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. Sec. 16. No subsidy, charge, impost, or duties ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under any... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - Страниц: 1006
...officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libel?, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - Страниц: 534
...officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
 | 1855 - Страниц: 576
...officers or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury may have tho right to determine the law and the facts. 9. That the people shall be secure in their... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1855 - Страниц: 226
...candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - Страниц: 788
...officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in...Jury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. This is the situation in which the Constitution... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and, in all indictments... 
