 | Maine. Legislature. Senate - 1842 - 130 頁
...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 a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1843 - 1284 頁
...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 a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | 1843 - 434 頁
...men acting in a political 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 jurj shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court,... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 頁
...or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth may be given in evidence. And, in all indictments...facts under the direction of the court as in other cases." — Const. Art. IX. Sec. VII. AD 1790. Ib. — " That all laws of this commonwealth, in force... | |
 | Illinois - 1845 - 766 頁
...of men acting 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 the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court as in other cases.... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1846 - 240 頁
...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...facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 7. That all courts shall be open, and every person, for any injury done him in his lands, goods,... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 頁
...; and in all prosecutions for libels, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court. • SEC. XVII. That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 頁
...officers or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in...facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. Sxc. XI. That Courts shall be open, and every person for an injury done him, in his lands, goods,... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 頁
...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,...facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 8. That ths people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
 | Illinois - 1847 - 600 頁
...of men acti-ig in a public capacity, or when 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 the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases... | |
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In prosecutions for the 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... 
