 | 1803 - 438 σελίδες
...not. Do you expect to find it in that part which gives any person prosecuted under the act a right " to give in evidence in his defence, the TRUTH OF THE MATTER contained in the publication charged as a libel •" Certainly not. Then, indeed, you must search in... | |
 | Samuel Chase - 1805 - 88 σελίδες
...two years :" and " that if any perfon fhall be profecutcd under this act, it fhall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury fliall have a right to determine the... | |
 | Samuel Chase, Charles Evans - 1805 - 396 σελίδες
...two years : and « that if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, it shall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged asa libel ; and the jury shall have a ri:''.it to determine the... | |
 | Rhode Island - 1822 - 592 σελίδες
...defamatory libel or libellous matter ; it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the writing or publication determine charged as a libel; and the jury who shall try the... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - 1824 - 540 σελίδες
...not exceeding two years. "The person prosecuted, having always, the right, tipon trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, the. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have... | |
 | United States. Congress - 1834 - 740 σελίδες
...publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication cliarged as a libel; »nd the jury who shall try the cause shall have... | |
 | 1827 - 530 σελίδες
...writing or publishing any libel, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous ; provided also that such evidence shall not be a... | |
 | Robert Walsh - 1829 - 532 σελίδες
...writing and publishing. any libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous: — Provided, that such evidence shall not be a... | |
 | 1834 - 518 σελίδες
...Libel. In every prosecution for writing and publishing any libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter charged as libellous; and the truth of such matter being established, ' the same shall be held a complete justification,... | |
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That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication... 
