 | Constitutional history - 1852 - 680 pages
...prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is...the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in nil indictments for libels, the jury may have the right to determine the law and the fa.;ts. 9. That... | |
 | William Forsyth - Jury - 1852 - 506 pages
...Connecticut, Indiana, and Mississippi, the jury are empowered, in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, and the truth of the alleged libel may be given in evidence. In New Hampshire the constitution pro1... | |
 | International law - 1852 - 470 pages
...Connecticut, Indiana, and Mississippi, the jury are empowered, in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the Court, and the truth of the alleged libel may be given in evidence. In New Hampshire the constitution provides... | |
 | Vermont. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1852 - 836 pages
...520. Henfield's Case, Wharton's St. Tr. 87, (1793.) The Sedition Law, passed in 1798, declares, that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, as in other cases. Whart. St. Tr. 337. Frier's Case, Ib. 587, (1797.) Cullender's Case, Ib. 710, (1800.)... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1852 - 890 pages
...evidence in his ' defence, the truth of the matter contained in the ' publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall 'have a right to determine the law and the fact, 'nnder tue direction of the court, as in other 'tajes," as in and by the said act, commonly callfd... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1852 - 886 pages
...evidence in his ' defence, the truth of the matter conlained in the 1 publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall ' have a right to determine the law and the fact, ( under the direction of the court, as in other ' cases," as in and by the said act, commonly... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - Criminal law - 1853 - 1006 pages
...may freely spenk, write and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men iu a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 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... | |
 | Maine. Legislature. House of Representatives - Parliamentary practice - 1855 - 226 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,... | |
 | Constitutions, State - 1855 - 576 pages
...freely speak, write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of tiat liberty. 24. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information,... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capaci•ty, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments.... 
