 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 710 pages
...individuals. It is said to be " a malicious defamation tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule," Hawk. b< 1.e. 73. s. 1. And nothing can be clearer than that truth is no justification of defamatory... | |
 | Joseph Chitty - Criminal law - 1819 - 542 pages
...said to be " a malicious defamation tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the repuutinn of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule," Hawk. b. 1. c. 73. s. 1. And nothing can be clearer than that truth is no justification of defamatory... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Richard Vaughan Barnewall, Sir Edward Hall Alderson - Law reports, digests, etc - 1820 - 818 pages
...defamation, ex pressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. But it is said, that in .larger sense, the notion of a libel may be applied to any defamation whatsoever,... | |
 | William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...defamation, expressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the memory of one who is dead, («) or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public 5 Coke, 125. 5 Mod. 165, 166. 167. Salk. 418. Str. 422.791. 12 Mod. 221. is!IMod.*gi93.' hatred> contempt,... | |
 | Thomas Peake - Evidence (Law) - 1824 - 838 pages
...expressed either in. printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, and with intent to blacken the me. mory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and i-xnose him to publie hattvil, contempt, and ridicule Commonwealth v. Clap, 4 Man. Rep 16.1. No xctinn... | |
 | James Kent - 1826-1830 - 1827 - 544 pages
...defined 6 to be a miilii inn millilii ul'mnnTp" n il either in printing or writing, or by signs or pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. A malicious intent towards government,... | |
 | John Winslow Whitman - Trials (Libel) - 1828 - 78 pages
...circumstances may enhance or mitigate that implied guilt, and vary the degrees of it." " A libel was a malicious publication, expressed either in printing...blacken the memory of one dead or the reputation of one alive and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule." " Malice in legal understanding implies... | |
 | John Collyer - Criminal law - 1828 - 700 pages
...expressed either in printing or writing, and tending either to blacken the .162 memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule: 1 Haw. PCc 99, *. 1. It has also been described an being either in icriptis (in which case it may be... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...Hawkins defines a libel, to be a malicious defamation, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive : and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. (Haiek.bl, eh. 73, «. 1.) Chilly remarks, that the term malicious is introduced by Hawkins into the... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1828 - 880 pages
...Haickins defines a libel, to be a malicious defamation, tending to blacken the memory of one who is dead, or the reputation of one who is alive : and expose him to public hatred, contempt or ridicule. (Hawk. b. 1, ch. 73, s. 1.) Chilly remarks, that the term malicious is introduced by Hawkins into the... | |
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A libel is a malicious publication expressed either in printing or writing, or by signs and pictures, tending either to blacken the memory of one dead, or the reputation of one who is alive, and expose him to public hatred, contempt, or ridicule. 
