 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - 1846 - 410 דפים
...abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 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 appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous was true, and was published... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 דפים
...press. In all prosecutions or indictment, and in civil actions (or libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...charged as libellous is true, and was published with goocT motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1847 - 506 דפים
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictment? for libels, the truth may he given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the...charged as libellous is true, and was published with got'd motives, and for jiistifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the... | |
 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - 1847 - 618 דפים
...the abuse of that right; no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or the press; in all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury, and the jury shnll have the right to determine the law and the fact, under the instructions... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 דפים
...abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 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 appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous was true, and was published... | |
 | Iowa - 1847 - 856 דפים
...abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 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 appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous was true, and was published... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1040 דפים
...of speech or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, 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 justi(a) Art. 10, eec. 1. liable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury... | |
 | James Kent - 1848 - 1046 דפים
...them. It declares, that " in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, 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 party shall be acquitted." These provisions in favour of giving... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 דפים
...abuse of that right. No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 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 appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous was true, and was published... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - 1848 - 1004 דפים
...that liberty. " No law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech, or of the press. " In all prosecutions or indictments for libel, the truth may be given in evidence; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libellous is true, and was published... | |
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No law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty 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 jury that the matter charged as libelous... 
