 | John Chauncey Pease, John Milton Niles - 1819 - 496 страници
...law shall ever be passed to curtail or restrain the liberty of speech or of the press. § 7. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence, and the jury shall have the right to determine the 'aw and the facts, under the direction of the court.... | |
 | New York (State). Constitutional Convention, Nathaniel Hazeltine Carter, William Leete Stone - 1821 - 718 страници
...citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed,...abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence, to the jury ; and if it... | |
 | New York (State) - 1823 - 516 страници
...citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed, to restrain, or abridge the liberly of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the... | |
 | New York (State). Legislature - 1887 - 102 страници
...citizen may freely speak, write and pub lish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed...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... | |
 | 1826 - 228 страници
...citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right ; and no law shall be passed...abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury ; and if it... | |
 | 1826 - 220 страници
...speak, write and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that light; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1826 - 658 страници
...Court, as in other cases — The Constitutions of Connecticut and Mississippi, provide that in .'.II 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.... | |
 | James Kent - 1827 - 544 страници
...mentioned, and is not quite so latitudinary in its indulgence as some of them. It declares, that " in all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth...evidence to the jury ; and if it shall appear to the jury, that the matter charged as •ibellous, is true, and was published with good motives, and for... | |
 | Montgomery Robert Bartlett - 1828 - 426 страници
...citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments, on all subjects, bemg responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed...abridge, the liberty of speech, or of the press. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall... | |
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Every citizen may freely speak, write, and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press. 
