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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... "
Reports of the Proceedings and Debates of the Convention of 1821 Assembled ... - Page 624
by New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - 1821 - 703 pages
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 343

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1952 - 1030 pages
...to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is 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." " It would not be an exaggeration to say that, basically, this provision...
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Laws of the State of New York, Volume 1

New York (State) - Session laws - 1823 - 516 pages
...responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed, to restrain, or abridge the liberly of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or...shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall have the right t» determine the law and the fact. SEC. IX. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 228 pages
...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...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite...
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Manual of Parliamentary Practice

Parliamentary practice - 1826 - 220 pages
...speak, write and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that light; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the legislature, shall be requisite...
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The Constitution of the State of New York, Together with the Rules and ...

New York (State). Legislature - New York (State) - 1887 - 102 pages
...the jury, that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and...the right to determine the law and the fact. SEC. 9. The assent of two-thirds of the members elected to each branch of the Legislature shall be requisite...
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The Common School Manual: A Regular and Connected Course of Elementary ...

Montgomery Robert Bartlett - Education - 1828 - 426 pages
...indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall :ippear 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. Twa thirds of the Legislature, necessa ry to the passage of certain...
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The American Jurist and Law Magazine, Volume 11

Law - 1834 - 518 pages
...prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence; 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 facts.' 240 Short Reviewt. [Jan. The venerable and fundamental doctrine of...
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The Revised Statutes of the State of New-York: Passed During the ..., Volume 1

New York (State) - Law - 1829 - 826 pages
.... r , . i •<- • j 11 ii proceedingi. given in evidence to the jury ; and 11 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 is to be acquitted ; and the jury have the right to determine...
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The Political Class Book: Intended to Instruct the Higher Classes in Schools ...

William Sullivan - Books and reading - 1831 - 214 pages
...alleged to be libellous is found to be true, and to have been 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.—2. A school fund is created out of proceeds of sales of public lands...
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The American Manual, Or, New English Reader: Consisting of Exercises in ...

Moses Severance - Readers - 1832 - 312 pages
...the jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is 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. 9. The assent of two thirds of the members elected to each branch of...
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