| Jonathan French - 1854 - Страниц: 534
...prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is 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... | |
| 1855 - Страниц: 576
...both houses of the general assembly. 14. In prosecutions for the publishing of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public...proper for public information, the truth thereof may De given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine... | |
| Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives - 1855 - Страниц: 226
...capacity, or the qualifications of those who are 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... | |
| Frederick Law Olmsted - 1857 - Страниц: 570
...liberty of speech or of the press. SEC. ti. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under... | |
| Frederick Gerhard - 1857 - Страниц: 466
...for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact,... | |
| Frederick Gerhard - 1857 - Страниц: 474
...for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact,... | |
| United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - Страниц: 788
...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 for libels the Jury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact, under... | |
| United States. Congress - 1858 - Страниц: 788
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published i» proper for public information, 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 fact, under... | |
| William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1860 - Страниц: 874
...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...information, 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... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - 1900 - Страниц: 716
...of papers in investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. Stuart r. The People. " Under the protection and sanction of these high attributes of a free government,... | |
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