 | Alabama, John Gaston Aikin - Law - 1833 - 664 pages
...or when the £,rr°[S"unl matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof nay be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for...determine the law and the facts under the direction of »he courts. 2. PRELIMINARY PROCEEDINGS BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE, &c. 'П. It shall be lawful for any... | |
 | William Darby, Theodore Dwight - Geography - 1833 - 634 pages
...for public m. formation, the truth thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all indictment* for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, nnder the direction of the courts, as in other cases." See. 15. — The person of a debtor, where there... | |
 | Tennessee. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional amendments - 1834 - 430 pages
...papers investigating the official conduct of officers or men in public capacity, the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels,...facts, under the direction of the Court, as in other criminal cases. SEC. 20. That no retrospective law, or law impairing the obligation of contracts, shall... | |
 | Kentucky, Charles Slaughter Morehead, Mason Brown - Law - 1834 - 810 pages
...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence: and in all indictments for libels, . Jary to "* the jury shall have a right to Determine the law and the facts, dufact umbels! under the direction of the court, as'in other cases. " • •V t>* ' * fc" . •-.... | |
 | Connecticut - Law - 1835 - 646 pages
...prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence ; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. « 3 CR 326. Equality of rights. Source of po. litical power. Religious pi fession and worshipLimitation.... | |
 | Israel Daniel Rupp - Missouri - 1837 - 398 pages
...men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the trutli thereof may always be given in evidence ; and in all...the law and the facts, under the direction of the courts, as in other cases." The person of a debtor, where there is not strong presumption of fraud,... | |
 | United States - 1838 - 436 pages
...public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and, in all indictments for...determine the law and the facts under the direction of the courts as in other cases. Sec. VIII. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers... | |
 | Esek Cowen, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 826 pages
...that cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6th, 1805, (sess. 28, ch, 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under tht direction of the court; and that it shall be lawful to give ALBANY, the truth in evidence,... | |
 | Missouri - 1837 - 394 pages
...; that in all prosecutions for libels, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court : 17. That no expostfacte law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its... | |
 | Caleb Atwater - Natural history - 1838 - 420 pages
...print, upon any subject, as he thinks proper, being liable for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecution for any publication respecting the official conduct...in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases.... | |
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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... 
