 | Thomas Jefferson Farnham - California - 1851 - 658 pages
...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 libellous is true,...be acquitted : and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - Criminal law - 1851 - 704 pages
...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 libellous is true,...be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact." Art. 7, () 8. Sec also the remarks of the Recorder, ante. vol. 1,... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1851 - 706 pages
...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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted." These provisions in favour of giving... | |
 | Indiana. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1851 - 1104 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the truth of the matter alleged to be libellous may be given in in justification, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts. SBC. 3. All courts shall be open, and every person, for injury done to him in his person, property,... | |
 | Member of the New York Bar - Roman law - 1852 - 738 pages
...or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as libellous is...be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact." The New York Constitution, adopted in 18-16, contains a similar clause... | |
 | John M. Letts - History - 1852 - 320 pages
...on 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 libellous is true,...be acquitted: and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | A. S. Barnes - Constitutional history - 1852 - 676 pages
...criminal prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and 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, the party shall be acquitted. 12. No person shall be transported... | |
 | California, Selucius Garfielde, Frederick A. Snyder - Law - 1853 - 1108 pages
...prosecutions for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury. !nYvidence!n and if ^ snall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true,...be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. ELEVENTH DIVISION. OFFENCES AGAINST PUBLIC MORALITY, HEALTH, AND POLICE.... | |
 | John M. Letts - California - 1853 - 438 pages
...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 libellous is true,...be acquitted : and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEO. 10. The people shall have the right freely to assemble together,... | |
 | Wisconsin. Legislature. Assembly - Wisconsin - 1853 - 134 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged as libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 4. The right of the people peaceably to assemble to consult for... | |
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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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the... 
