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A Treatise on the Constitutional Limitations which Rest Upon the Legislative ... - Page 430
by Thomas M. Cooley - 2011 - 772 pages
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 2

William Winterbotham - History - 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...
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An Historical, Geographical, Commercial, and Philosophical View of ..., Volume 2

William Winterbotham - America - 1796 - 580 pages
...government ; and no law fhall ever be made to reftrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely fpcak, write, and print on any fubjeft, being refponfible for the abuie of that liberty. In profecutions...
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United States Reports: Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court at ..., Volume 343

United States. Supreme Court, John Chandler Bancroft Davis, Henry Putzel, Henry C. Lind, Frank D. Wagner - Courts - 1952 - 1030 pages
...Illinois' third. The first two preserved the defense of truth in certain types of libel prosecutions: "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,...
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Laws of Kentucky: Comprehending Those of a General Nature Now in ..., Volume 1

Kentucky - Constitutional law - 1799 - 606 pages
...government ; and no law (hall ever be made to reilrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely fpeak, wri'te and print on any fubjeit, being; refpoiifible for the abufe of that liberty. S"C. o....
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A New and Complete System of Universal Geography: Describing Asia ..., Volume 4

John Payne, James Hardie - Genesee Region (N.Y.) - 1799 - 662 pages
...government ; and no law mall ever be made to red rain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may ficeiy fpeak, write, and print on any fubjecl. beirg lefponiiblc for the abufe of that libcriy. In...
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The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments ...

Booksellers and bookselling - 1800 - 306 pages
...government ; and no law (hall ever be made to reftrain the right thereof. The tree communication of thoughts and opinions, is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely fpeak, writf, and print on any fubjert, being refponfible for the abufeof that liberty. But in profecutions...
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The Constitutions of the United States: According to the Latest Amendments ...

Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...and no law shall ever be made to restrain the right thereof.— The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man,...any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. SEcT. 8. In prosecutions for the publication of papers investigating the official conduct...
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Report of the Trial and Acquittal of Edward Shippen, Esquire, Chief Justice ...

1805 - 596 pages
...: And no law fliall ever be made to rertrain the right thereof. The free communication of thoughts and opinions, is one of the invaluable rights of man ; and every citizen may freely fp?ak, write and print on any fubjeft, being reiponfible for the abufe of that liberty. Jn profecutions...
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Reports of Cases Adjudged in the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania, Volume 1

Horace Binney, Pennsylvania. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1809 - 676 pages
...dispensed with, except in certain enumerated cases, of which libel is not one. It also provides that every citizen may freely speak write and print on...any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. I think the counsel for Mr. Duane has. gone too far, in contending that our constitution absolutely...
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Law Miscellanies: Containing an Introduction to the Study of the Law: Notes ...

Hugh Henry Brackenridge - Law - 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,...
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