 | Illinois - Law - 1847 - 600 pages
...investigating the official conduct of oilieers, or of men acti-ig in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information,...in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases... | |
 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1847 - 618 pages
...investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in » public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information,...evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shull have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as... | |
 | Consul Willshire Butterfield - Ohio - 1848 - 264 pages
...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for...determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 7. That all courts shall be open, and every person, for any injury done him... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...'capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information,...evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information,...evidence ; and in all indictments for libels the jury may have the right to determine the law and the facts. " That the people shall be secure in their persons,... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter pulished is proper for public information, the • truth thereof...evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury, after having received the direction of the court, shall have a right to determine, at their discretion,... | |
 | Kentucky. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1849 - 1140 pages
...official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matterpublished isproper forpublic information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence...the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other eases. Snc. 9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers,... | |
 | 1817 - 458 pages
...official conduct of officers or men in u public capacity, or where the mailer published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given...right to determine the law and the facts, under the direcr tiini of the court, as in other cases. 11. That all courts shal! be open, and every per« son,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facu, under the direction of the courts, as in other cases.... | |
 | Ohio. General Assembly. House of Representatives - 1849 - 898 pages
...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, as in other cases."... | |
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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... 
