...public capacity, or the qualifications of those who are candidates for the suffrages of the people, or where the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof may be given Tru>h »«т.1« •J л • 11 • J- i , г l -L l ж1- • г. Р»«л m twin evidence, and in...

..."3th. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers or men in a public capaci•ty, or where the matter...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...

...liberty. W8. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...the law and the facts, under the direction of the tourt, as in other cases. "9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and...

...liberty. In prosecutions for the publication of papers, investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published...public information, the truth thereof may be given ia evidence ; and, in al! indictment* for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law...

...prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. The Constitution of Maine, provides for the right to give the truth in evidence in the above-mentioned...

...contain the same provisions as that of Pennsylvania, in regard to publications on the official conduct of men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for public information. Those of Mississippi and Missouri, extend the privilege to all prosecutions for libels, without restriction,...

...puhlic information, the tnith 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 courts. 15. Returns of all elections for officers who are to he commissioned hy the governor, and for...

...The constitutions of Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Tennessee, Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois, declare that ' in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have...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...

...prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, or where the matter published is...the truth thereof may be given in evidence ;" and in this respect her example has been followed in many if not most of the States of later origin. But even...

...official conduct of officers or men in a public capacity, or where the matter published is proper for the public information, the truth thereof may be given...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....