 The free communication of thoughts and opinions is one of the invaluable rights of man, and every citizen may freely speak, write and print on any subject, being responsible for the abuse of that liberty. No conviction shall be had in any prosecution...  Pittsburgh Legal Journal - Page 4221885Full view - About this book
 | Law - 1886 - 548 pages
...and reputation. Both are provided for in article 1, section 7'of the Constitution, which declares: "The printing press shall be free to every person...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury; and In all indictments for libels the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts... | |
 | Law - 1880 - 554 pages
...of " the publication of papers relative to the official conduct of affairs of men in public capacity where the fact that such publication was not maliciously...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury." But the grievance of the offense of the complainants was that the publication was a libel on the court... | |
 | Law - 1890 - 548 pages
...proper for public investigation or information, where the fact that such publication was not malicionsly or negligently made shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury." The conrt, in its opinion in that case, says: "This is a new and very Important provision introduced into... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1873 - 746 pages
...[SECTION 6. Trial by jury shall be as heretofore, and the right thereof remain inviolate.] [SECTION 7. The printing press shall be free to every person who...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the facts,... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1873 - 1316 pages
...judgment, it is requisite to do, to render the section consistent with itself. As it stands now, it is that "no conviction shall be had in any prosecution for...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury." Now, if this proposition is to be confined in its operation to eriminal prosecutions, then the words... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1873 - 788 pages
...viz : "No conviction shall be had in any prosecution- for the publication of papers relating to the conduct of officers or men in public capacity, or...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury." On the question, Will the Convention agree so to amend 'f The yeas and nays were required by Mr. Broomall,... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1872
...civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. No conviction shall be had in any prosecution for...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury. No law making irrevocable any grant of special privileges or immunities shall be passed. ARTICLE II.... | |
 | Edward McPherson - United States - 1874 - 268 pages
...civil or military, shall at any time interfere to prevent the free exercise of the right of suffrage. No conviction shall be had in any prosecution for...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury. No law making irrevocable anv grant of special privileges or immunities shall be passed. ARTICLE II.... | |
 | Pennsylvania. Laws, statutes, etc - Law - 1874 - 682 pages
...thereof remain inviolate. clnct of officers or men in public capacity, or to any other matter projK-r for public investigation or information, where the...publication was not maliciously or negligently made shall Ix* established to the satisfaction of the jury; and in ."ill indictments for lil>els the jury shall... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1881 - 628 pages
...section of the first article of the Constitution of 1874 — the Bill of Rights — it is declared that "no conviction shall be had in any prosecution for...shall be established to the satisfaction of the jury." This is a new and very important provision introduced into the Bill of Rights by the Constitution of... | |
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