 | 1800 - 306 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury (hall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cafes. SECT. 9. That the people (hall be fecure in their perfons. houfes, papers and pofleffions from... | |
 | 1804 - 372 pages
...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. VIII. That the People shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
 | James Wilson, Bird Wilson - 1804 - 456 pages
...opinion, to the true principles of the common law : " 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." a The punishment of a libel is a fine, or a fifte and corporal punishment. r p Vol. 2. p. 336. et seq.... | |
 | Frederick Eberle, James Carson - 1817 - 256 pages
...The constitution of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in its ninth article, I believe, declares, that the " citizens have a right, in a peaceable manner, to assemble together, for their common good, and to apply to those invested with the powers of government for redress of grievances, or other proper... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - 1824 - 538 pages
...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. "9th. That the people shall be secure in their persons,, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - 1825 - 400 pages
...evidence, in justification, on the general issue; and in aid 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. It was moved by Mr. Lewis, seconded by Mr. M'Kean, to postpone the consideration of the said motion... | |
 | 1828 - 494 pages
...the truth thereof may he given in evidence. And, in all indictments for lihels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 8. That the people shall he secure in their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonahle... | |
 | 1831 - 494 pages
...Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, declare that ' 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.' A similar provision exists in the constitution of Delaware, with this difference, that it omits the... | |
 | John Cain - 1832 - 360 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall hare a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. SEC. 11. That all courts shall be open, and every person, for an injury done him, in his lands, goods, person,... | |
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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... 
