 | 1831
...being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions...jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, aJid was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 295 strani
...being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed to restrain, or abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions...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... | |
 | Connecticut - 1835 - 640 strani
...to curtail or io I IU Do • ' ti*i «* /* i restram the liberty of speech or of the press. SECT. 7. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1839
...all after the word "liberty," in the sixth line, and inserting in lieu thereof the following, viz : "In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the...be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall sippear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives... | |
 | Elisha P. Hurlbut - 1840 - 208 strani
...right, and no law can be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. 18. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if the matter charged as libellous be true, and was published with good motives, and... | |
 | New Jersey - 1842
...of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the...as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the parly shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | 1843 - 419 strani
...being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law dull be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions, or indictments for libels, the truth may bo given in evidence to the jury: and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous... | |
 | 1843 - 101 strani
...what may be given in evidence to the jury? The truth may be given in evidence. 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, what shall be done ? The party shall be acquitted. If a bill be... | |
 | 1844
...the 8lh section of the 7th article of the constitution of the state of New York, it is ordained, that "in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the...shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right of determining the law and the fact. * 17 Wend. R. 426. not sworn at all. The affidavit was intended... | |
 | 1847 - 65 strani
...speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments lor libel, the truth maybe given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the light to deteruiiue the law and the fact. Matter of course. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members... | |
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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... 
