 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...  American Quarterly Review - Page 71edited by - 1829Full view - About this book
 | William Winterbotham - 1795 - 514 pages
...refponfible for the abufe of that liberty. In prufecutions for the publication of pa« pers, inveftigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publifiied is proper for public information, fh? truth thereof may be given in evidence. And, in all... | |
 | Kentucky - 1799 - 606 pages
...refponfible for the abufe of that liberty. 8. in profecutions for the publication of papers, inveftigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capacity, or where the? matter publimed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments... | |
 | 1800 - 306 pages
...for the abufe of that liberty. SECT. 8. In profecutions for the publication of papers inveftigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publi(hed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all... | |
 | 1804 - 372 pages
...speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. SEcT. 8. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels,... | |
 | 1805 - 596 pages
...of that liberty. Jn profecutions for the publication of papers^ inveftigtting the official conducl of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter publifhed is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence i And, in all... | |
 | Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - 1809 - 676 pages
...have an indefeasible right to acquire, possess, and protect reputation; and by the seventh section, in prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating, the official conduct of officers, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. The one is intended as a security to reputation; the other... | |
 | Hugh Henry Brackenridge - 1814 - 608 pages
...the conjunction, fa doing which we shall read the whole thus, " In prosecutioni for the publications of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity ; or in prosecutions for the publication of papers where the matter published is proper for public information,... | |
 | Illinois - 1818 - 32 pages
...speak,write, and print, on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. Sect. 23. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or of men acting in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information,... | |
 | Charles Britten Johnson - 1819 - 190 pages
...may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating...capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence: And, in all indictments for libels,... | |
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