 | New York (State). Legislature - 1887 - 102 σελίδες
...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; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Moses Severance - 1832 - 312 σελίδες
...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 ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Ebenezer Meriam - 1847 - 224 σελίδες
...Mr. O'Conner, that in actions of 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 justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted, the jury to be judges of the low and fact.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1847 - 480 σελίδες
...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 ; and the jury snail have the right... | |
 | John Bigelow - 1848 - 538 σελίδες
...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; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1849 - 482 σελίδες
...indictments f jr libels, the truth miy 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... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - 1850 - 538 σελίδες
...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 ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
 | Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1918 - 854 σελίδες
...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 accused shall be acquitted." It is urged by counsel for the people... | |
 | Jesse B. Hart - 1853 - 334 σελίδες
...on 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 ; and the jury shall have the right... | |
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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 acquitted;... 
