 | Connecticut - 1835 - 646 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... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1836 - 194 strani
...[Connecticut.] Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law...jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary - 1836 - 146 strani
...being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no laws 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, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1836 - 334 strani
...compensation. SEC. 8. Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law...of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictment for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury: and if it shall appear to the... | |
 | La Roy Sunderland - 1837 - 160 strani
...New York. Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law...jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the... | |
 | Julius Rubens Ames - 1837 - 716 strani
...NEW YORK. Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law...jury, that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1837 - 812 strani
...Constitution : " Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his opinion on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right, and no law...jury that the matter charged as libellous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1838 - 354 strani
...compensation. 8. Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law...jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1838 - 1012 strani
...Maclay Thomas Woodward Crum Martin Porter, Northam. Cunningham Preset pro tern. 58 lowing, viz: " la all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the... | |
 | 1838 - 514 strani
...the constitution of New York, and precisely the same, in substance, in that of the other nine: — "And no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press." In these ten states, then, laws for punishing the abuse of the press do not restrain or abridge its liberty.... | |
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Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, 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. 
