 | Constitutions - 1828 - 494 pages
...puhlie information, the truth thereof may he given in evidence ; and, in all indictments for lihels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and...court, as in other cases. 11. That all courts shall he open, and every person, for an injury done him in his lands, goods, person, or reputation, shall... | |
 | Law - 1831 - 494 pages
...The constitutions of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, declare that ' in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have...under the direction of the court, as in other cases.' A similar provision exists in the constitution of Delaware, with this difference, that it omits the... | |
 | John Cain - Forms (Law) - 1832 - 360 pages
...freely speak, write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. SEC. 10. In prosecutions for the publication of papers...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels,... | |
 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 630 pages
...investigating Libels, how the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or when the tned' matter published is proper for public information,...the law and the facts, under the direction of the courts. SEC. 15. Returns of all elections I'or officers who are to be commis- Election resioned by... | |
 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 664 pages
...or when the £,rr°[S"unl matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof nay be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for...determine the law and the facts under the direction of »he courts. 2. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, &c. 'П. It shall be lawful for any... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 822 pages
...freely speak, write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; that in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating...given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels iheJury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the court, as... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1834 - 430 pages
...the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in...facts, under the direction of the Court, as in other criminal cases. SEC. 20. That no retrospective law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall... | |
 | Maine. Legislature - 1840 - 1264 pages
...public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public...evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury, after haying1 received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | United States - 1838 - 436 pages
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject- being responsible foi the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating...determine the law and the facts under the direction of the courts as in other cases. Sec. VIII. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Missouri - 1837 - 398 pages
...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the trutli thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for...the law and the facts, under the direction of the courts, as in other cases." The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud,... | |
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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... 
