 In all criminal prosecutions 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...  Constitution of the State of California - Page 59by California - 1899 - 744 pagesFull view - About this book
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...the jury that the matter charged as libellous 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 determine the law and the facts. " That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - Real property - 1849 - 482 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all criminal pro*ecutions 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1849 - 866 pages
...passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press- In all prosecution! or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the mailer charged as libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | History, Modern - 1849 - 626 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - California - 1850 - 540 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to...appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous :- true, and was published with good motives, and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted... | |
 | Michigan - Constitutions - 1850 - 40 pages
...his suit, either in his own proper person, or by an attorney or agent of his choice. § 25. In all 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 libellous, is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | Michigan. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1850 - 990 pages
...right; and no laws shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | John Frost - California - 1850 - 558 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1850 - 1028 pages
...restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. In all criminal prosecutions 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
 | California. Constitutional Convention, John Ross Browne - Constitutional conventions - 1850 - 538 pages
...restrain or «bridge the liberty of speech or of the pref s. In all criminal prosecutions 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 libellous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable... | |
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