 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
 | Francis Wharton - 1896 - 992 pages
...ifi • • ii ' • ii admissible defendant, may be put in evidence, but it shall not on condiamount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the matters charged should be published." The limitations of Com. v. Morris, 1 Va. Cas. 176, 1811 ; C.... | |
 | Gold Coast, Sir William Brandford Griffith - 1898 - 768 pages
...is legally bound to publish it ; or (h.) If the matter is true, and if it is found by the jury that it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. (2.) Where a publication is absolutely privileged, it is immaterial for the purposes of this Title... | |
 | 1892 - 640 pages
...on the trial of any indictment for libel, the truth of the matter alleged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the matter charged should be published, and in pleading to the indictment the defendant is required to plead that... | |
 | William Blake Odgers - 1905 - 1020 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, and that to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the... | |
 | 1906 - 232 pages
...indictment or information for such libel, the truth of the defamatory matter may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the defamatory matter should be published. Such a defence must be specially pleaded. The respondent was... | |
 | Australia. High Court - 1906 - 956 pages
...indictment or information for such a libel, the truth of the defamatory matter may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit that the defamatory matter should be published. Such a defence must be specially pleaded. The respondent was... | |
 | Henry Coleman Folkard - 1908 - 752 pages
...pleaded such plea as therein mentioned, the truth of the matter charged may be inquired into ; but will not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that such matters should be published ; but further, to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth... | |
 | John Henry Wigmore - 1912 - 1076 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. 880. ALEXANDER HAMILTON. Argument for the Defence in People... | |
 | Seymour Frederick Harris - 1919 - 596 pages
...the law deals with the offence shows that it is otherwise. Thus, proof of the truth of a libel will not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the matter should be published. RIOTS (h). There are two minor offences, which, as steps to the graver crime of riot, must first be... | |
 | Henry Roscoe, Herman Cohen - 1921 - 1368 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; and to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the truth... | |
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