 | Abraham Caruthers - 1866 - 716 стор.
...9 Yer., 194 ; 10 Yer., 554.) It is provided in art. 1, sec. 19, of the Constitution, (Code, p. 34,) that "In all indictments for libels the jury shall...facts, under the direction of the Court, as -in other criminal cases." But they do in all cases, civil and criminal, determine the law and fact, "under the... | |
 | United States. Congress. Joint Committee on Reconstruction - 1866 - 836 стор.
...matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts. SEC. 9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
 | Connecticut - 1866 - 968 стор.
...indictments for libels, the truth in prosecutions 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, security from SECT. 8. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses, searches find i . » i_»... | |
 | William B. Wedgwood - 1866 - 492 стор.
...motives and for justifiable ends, the party accused shall be acquitted. 8. The jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 9. Congress can make no law abridging the freedom of speech or of the press. CHAPTER XVI. PERSONAL... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 стор.
...matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and that in all indictments for libels, the jury shall...law and the facts, under the direction of the court. § 14. Thac all courts shall be open; and that every person, for any injury done him, in his lands,... | |
 | New York (State) - 1867 - 254 стор.
...matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts. Ala., 73 ; Ark., 84 ; III., 166 ; Ky., 223 ; Pa,, 467 ; Tex., 506. —In all indictments for libels,... | |
 | American Colonization Society - 1867 - 214 стор.
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court, as in other cases. SECT. 16. No subsidy, charge, impost, or duties ought to be established, fixed, laid, or levied, under... | |
 | Nathan Howe Parker - 1867 - 494 стор.
...; that in all prosecutions for libel, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 28. That no ex post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 стор.
...matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts. Art. 2, §§ 7 and 8. — Florida : That every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments... | |
 | William Alfred Jones - 1868 - 354 стор.
...truth thereof may be given in evi" 'dence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury " ' shall have a right to determine the law and " ' the facts, under...the direction of the Court, " ' as in other cases.' I thus quote the Consti" tution partly in order to introduce a remark " upon the well-known British... | |
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In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men, in a public capacity, or when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments... 
