 That on the Trial of any Indictment or Information for a defamatory Libel, the Defendant having pleaded such Plea as herein-after mentioned, the Truth of the Matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a Defence, unless it was for the...  The Local Courts' and Municipal Gazette - Page 841872Full view - About this book
 | William Blake Odgers - 1881 - 836 pages
...pleaded such plea as hereinafter mentioned, the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged should be published. To entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth of... | |
 | Great Britain. Magistrates' cases - 1882 - 738 pages
...pleadeH such plea as hereinafter mentioned, the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged should be published, and that to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen - 1883 - 518 pages
...pleaded such a plea as before " mentioned, the truth of the matters charged maybe inquired into, but shall " not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the said " matters charged should be published. " It then says how the pleading is to proceed, but omits... | |
 | James Fitzjames Stephen, Herbert Stephen - 1883 - 256 pages
...such plea as hereinafter mentioned, the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but does not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged should be published. To entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth of... | |
 | John Frederick Haynes, Thomas A. Nelham - 1883 - 474 pages
...defence; whereas in a criminal proceeding it does not amount to a defence unless it be proved that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. The gist of the crime is the provocation to a breach of the peace by exciting feelings of revenge,... | |
 | George Elliott - 1884 - 202 pages
...Burdett, 4 B. & A. 95. (n) Ibid. mentioned, the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the said matters charged should be published ; and that to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the... | |
 | Edward Norman Lewis - 1884 - 194 pages
...Vic., 1874, Chap. 38. (For trial.) ^ Truth of the libel is no defence, unless it be also proved that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. The gist of the crime, is the provocation to a breach of the peace by exciting feelings of revenge,... | |
 | Straits Settlements. Supreme Court - 1885 - 886 pages
...cap. 96. called Lord Campbell's Act, " the truth of the matter, if pleaded, may be enquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the matter charged should be published." In Civil proceedings, however, to quote again from the author I have... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1885 - 516 pages
...offense shows that it is otherwise. Thus, proof of the truth of a libel will not amount to a defense, unless it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. RIOTS, (r) There are two minor offenses, which, as steps to the graver crime of riot, must first be... | |
 | James Carter Harrison - 1885 - 268 pages
...defence, whereas in a criminal proceeding it does not amount to a defence unless it be proved that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. The gist of the crime is the provocation to a breach of the peace, by exciting feelings of revenge,... | |
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