Every person may freely speak, write and publish on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth when published with good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient... A Treatise on Criminal Law and Procedure - Page 21by Thomas Welburn Hughes - 1919 - 764 pagesFull view - About this book
| United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1952 - 1030 pages
...Section 224a does not deal with the defense of truth, but by the Illinois Constitution, Art. II, § 4, "in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal,...motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defense." See also 111. Rev. Stat., 1949, c. 38, § 404. Similarly, the action of the trial court in... | |
| Edmund Burke - 1841 - 1092 pages
...to the security of freedom in a State, any citizen may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in all trials for libel, both civil a"d criminal, the truth, spoken from good motives, and for justifiable ends, *hall he a sufficient... | |
| Jacob Frieze - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1842 - 192 pages
...to the security of freedom in a State, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be a sufficient defence to the person charged. Sec.... | |
| Jacob Frieze - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1842 - 200 pages
...to the security of freedom in a State, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in all trials for libel, both civil and criminal, tlie truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be a sufficient defence to the person charged.... | |
| Constitutions - 1843 - 434 pages
...essential to the security of freedom in a state, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, king responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in all trials for libel, hath civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious moliven, shall be suftVient defence... | |
| Frances Harriet Green - Dorr Rebellion, 1842 - 1844 - 362 pages
...to the security of freedom in a State, any citizen may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, spoken from good motives and for justifiable ends, shall be a sufficient defence to the person charged.... | |
| Rhode Island - Law - 1844 - 612 pages
...to the security of freedom in a state, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be sufficient defence to the person charged. SEC. 21.... | |
| John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...to the security of freedom in a state, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be sufficient defense to the person charged. 21. The... | |
| John Frederick Archbold - Criminal law - 1853 - 1006 pages
...to the security of freedom in a state, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be sufficient defence to the person charged." Art. 1,... | |
| Rhode Island - 1853 - 240 pages
...to the security of freedom in' a State, any person may publish his sentiments on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty ; and in...trials for libel, both civil and criminal, the truth, unless published from malicious motives, shall be sufficient defence to the person charged. .Sec. 21.... | |
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