 | Illinois. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1847 - 618 pages
...papers 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... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is...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,... | |
 | Consul Willshire Butterfield - Ohio - 1848 - 264 pages
...for the abuse of (hat liberty. In prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men -in a public capacity, or where the matter published...proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1040 pages
...for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine... | |
 | Robert W. Russell - Communism - 1848 - 326 pages
...constitution of Ohio also provides that in prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...proper for public information, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence. But in England, until within the last two or three years, upon an indictment... | |
 | 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...facts, under the direction of the court, as in other eases. Snc. 9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from... | |
 | 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,... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1849 - 866 pages
...public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public...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,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...for the abuse of that liberty* In prosecutions for any publication respecting the official conduct of men in a public, capacity, or where the matter published...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... | |
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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... 
