 That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...  Annals of the Congress of the United States - Page 403by United States. Congress - 1851Full view - About this book
 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...not. Do you expect to find it in that part which gives any person prosecuted under the act a right " to give in evidence in his defence, the TRUTH OF THE MATTER contained in the publication charged as a libel •" Certainly not. Then, indeed, you must search in... | |
 | Samuel Chase, Charles Evans - Impeachments - 1805 - 396 pages
...two years : and « that if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, it shall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged asa libel ; and the jury shall have a ri:''.it to determine the... | |
 | Samuel Chase - Impeachments - 1805 - 88 pages
...two years :" and " that if any perfon fhall be profecutcd under this act, it fhall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury fliall have a right to determine the... | |
 | Artemas Ward - United States - 1814 - 68 pages
...preceding section, " And be it enacted and declared, that it shall be lawful for the defendant, on trial, to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter charged as a libel." No, sir — The idea of punishing truth, when published against the officers of the government, was... | |
 | Rhode Island - Session laws - 1822 - 592 pages
...defamatory libel or libellous matter ; it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the writing or publication determine charged as a libel; and the jury who shall try the... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 540 pages
...not exceeding two years. "The person prosecuted, having always, the right, tipon trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, the. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1834 - 740 pages
...publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication cliarged as a libel; »nd the jury who shall try the cause shall have... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 530 pages
...writing or publishing any libel, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous ; provided also that such evidence shall not be a... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1829 - 532 pages
...writing and publishing. any libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous: — Provided, that such evidence shall not be a... | |
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