 In all criminal prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be...  The Oklahoma Law Journal - Page 91907Full view - About this book
 | New York (State) - Constitution - 1867 - 254 pages
...be given in justification. lad., 170. — In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...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 jury, that the matter charged as libelous, is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1867 - 728 pages
...attorney or agent of his choice. Sec. 25. In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1868 - 1034 pages
...or of the press. In all criminal prosecution?, 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 libelous is true and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted... | |
 | John H. Colby - Criminal law - 1868 - 480 pages
...or of the press. 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 libelous is true, and was published with good Thomas c. Crosswell, 7 John., 264. See Starkie on Slander, and... | |
 | District of Columbia - Law - 1868 - 506 pages
...as a justification of the alleged libel ; and if it appear that the matter charged as libellous was true, and was written or published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the defendant shall be acquitted. Approved February 25, 1865. JANUARY 16, 1863. AN ACT to provide... | |
 | Wisconsin - 1869 - 302 pages
...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 libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall... | |
 | Nebraska - Session laws - 1869 - 392 pages
...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 libelous be true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted ; and the jury shall... | |
 | Frederick Charles Brightly - Law - 1869 - 680 pages
...as a justification of the alleged libel ; and if it appear that the matter charged as libellous was y days; fuel to an amount not greater in value than twenty-five dollars; ends, the defendant shall be acquitted. XXIV. ELECTIONS. 187. Each and every male person, excepting... | |
 | Charles Lanman - Biography & Autobiography - 1871 - 560 pages
...attorney or agent of his choice. ISec. 25. In all prosecutions 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 libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted.... | |
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