| West Virginia - 1863 - 324 pages
...prosecutions and civil suits for libel, the truth may be given in evidence ; 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 verdict shall be for the defendant. 6. Private property shall... | |
| Idaho (Ter.) - 1864 - 762 pages
...all prosecutions for libel, 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 motive and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
| Idaho - 1864 - 734 pages
...all prosecutions for libel, 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 motive and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
| New York (State) - 1865 - 652 pages
...•" ' evidence. for libel, 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. Const, of 1846, art. 1, § 8. denSatlou... | |
| Nevada. Constitutional Convention - 1866 - 982 pages
...civil actions for libels, tbi' truth may be given in evidence, :o 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 bo acquitted or exonerated; and the jury shall, have... | |
| Nevada - 1866 - 340 pages
...civil actions 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 or exonerated. SEC. 10. The people... | |
| New York (State) - 1867 - 254 pages
...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,...justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. MA, 307. — Every person may speak, write... | |
| FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 pages
...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,...justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted. The jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact. § 26. The person, houses, papers, and possessions... | |
| Michigan. Constitutional Convention - 1867 - 944 pages
...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; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
| Michigan. Constitutional Convention - 1867 - 728 pages
...indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evi' dence 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; and the jury shall have the right to... | |
| |