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" 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 84
1872
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The Law Journal for the Year 1832-1949: Comprising Reports of Cases in the ...

1843 - 528 pages
...pleaded such plea is 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...
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The Law Magazine, Or, Quarterly Review of Jurisprudence

1843 - 534 pages
...libel, shall be liable to fine, or imprisonment not exceeding one year, or both. be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that they should be published : and to entitle the defendant to give evidence of their truth as a defence,...
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The Law Times, Volume 2

1844 - 546 pages
...sim'lar to the plea of "justification," the truth of the matters charged may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence unless it was for the public benefit. The prosecutor may deny the plea, and, on conviction, the Court, in awarding punishment, shall consider...
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A Treatise on the Law of Defamation: With Forms of Pleadings

George Wingrove Cooke - 1844 - 562 pages
...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 public benefit that the said matters charged should be published ; and that to entitle the defendant to give evidence of the...
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American Law Magazine, Volume 2

1844 - 510 pages
...pleaded such plea as is 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 they should be published :. and to entitle the defendant to give evidence of their truth as a defence,...
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Political dictionary [articles repr. from the penny cyclopaedia, ed. by G ...

Political dictionary - 1846 - 976 pages
...in this section is afterwards 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. The defendant must in his plea to such indictment or information...
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Irish Law Reports: Particularly of Points of Practice, Argued and ..., Volume 9

Ireland. Court of King's Bench - 1847 - 668 pages
...such plea as hereinafter men" tioned, 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." That requires very little consideration to see that a provision...
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Penny Cyclopaedia of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful ..., Volume 2

1851 - 738 pages
...in this section is afterwards 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. The defendant must in his plea to such indictment or information...
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History of Trial by Jury

William Forsyth - 1852 - 506 pages
...passing of 'Lord Campbell's Libel Act" in 1843, which provides that the truth may be inquired into, but shall not amount to a defence, unless it was for the public benefit that the matters stated in the indictment should be published, — the truth of the libel complained of was,...
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A Digest of the Law of Evidence in Criminal Cases

Henry Roscoe - 1852 - 988 pages
...pleaded such pica 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...
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