A Treatise on the Law of Slander, Libel, Scandalum Magnatum, and False Rumours: Including the Rules which Regulate Intellectual Communications Affecting the Characters of Individuals and the Interests of the Public : with a Description of the Practice and Pleadings in Personal Actions, Informations, Indictments, Attachments for Contempts, &c. Connected with the Subject |
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... whole ; every individual learns the extent of every public grievance , and is animated in his re- sistance to the oppression by the confidence which the support of numbers never fails to inspire . The security thus afforded is valuable ...
... whole ; every individual learns the extent of every public grievance , and is animated in his re- sistance to the oppression by the confidence which the support of numbers never fails to inspire . The security thus afforded is valuable ...
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... whole , a separate consideration , even of these , appears pre- ferable , particularly since repetition may be avoided by reference , and the advantage derived from view- ing the two branches in their mutual bearings may be attained by ...
... whole , a separate consideration , even of these , appears pre- ferable , particularly since repetition may be avoided by reference , and the advantage derived from view- ing the two branches in their mutual bearings may be attained by ...
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... whole circumstances of the case . That it is the pro- vince of the jury , where such doubts arise , to decide , whether the words were used maliciously and with a view to defame , such being matter of fact to be col- lected from all ...
... whole circumstances of the case . That it is the pro- vince of the jury , where such doubts arise , to decide , whether the words were used maliciously and with a view to defame , such being matter of fact to be col- lected from all ...
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... whole frame of them , they were spoken by way of impu- tation ; and Lord C. J. Parker said , ' It is very odd , that after a verdict , a court of justice should be try- ing whether there may not be a possible case in which words spoken ...
... whole frame of them , they were spoken by way of impu- tation ; and Lord C. J. Parker said , ' It is very odd , that after a verdict , a court of justice should be try- ing whether there may not be a possible case in which words spoken ...
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... on the minds of those who heard or saw them , as collected from the whole of the circumstances . 3dly . That such words or signs will , after a ver- F dict for the plaintiff , be considered by the courts -CHARGE OF CRIME . 65.
... on the minds of those who heard or saw them , as collected from the whole of the circumstances . 3dly . That such words or signs will , after a ver- F dict for the plaintiff , be considered by the courts -CHARGE OF CRIME . 65.
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TREATISE ON THE LAW OF SLANDER Thomas 1782-1849 Starkie,Edward D. (Edward Duncan) 179 Ingraham No preview available - 2016 |
A Treatise on the Law of Slander, Libel, Scandalum Magnatum, and False ... Thomas Starkie No preview available - 2018 |
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Page 635 - That, on every such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty upon the whole Matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or information...
Page 320 - After non-assumpsit pleaded, and a verdict for the plaintiff, it was moved in arrest of judgment that the plaintiff could not bring his action, for he was a stranger to the consideration.
Page 8 - ... there can be no religion. The remedy against these evils is to punish the authors; for it is yet allowed that every society may punish, though not prevent, the publication of opinions which that society shall think pernicious. But this punishment, though it may crush the author, promotes the book ; and it seems not more reasonable to leave the right of printing unrestrained because writers may be afterwards censured, than it would be to sleep with doors unbolted because by our laws we can hang...
Page 635 - An Act to remove Doubts respecting the Functions of Juries in Cases of Libel. [AD 1792.] " WHEREAS doubts have arisen whether on the trial of an indictment or information for the making or publishing any libel, where an issue or issues are joined between the king and the defendant or defendants, on the plea of not guilty pleaded, it be competent to the jury impanelled to try the same to give their verdict upon the whole matter in issue...
Page 625 - The Principles of Government, in a Dialogue between a Gentleman and a farmer,'* with intent to incite the.
Page 8 - If nothing may be published but what civil authority shall have previously approved, power must always be the standard of truth : if every dreamer of innovations may propagate his projects, there can be no settlement; if every murmurer at government may diffuse discontent, there can be no peace ; and if every sceptick in theology may teach his follies, there can be no religion.
Page 272 - Liberty of criticism must be allowed, or we should have neither purity of taste nor of morals. Fair discussion is essentially necessary to the truth of history and the advancement of science. That publication, therefore, I shall never consider as a libel which has for its object, not to injure the reputation of any individual, but to correct misrepresentations of fact, to refute sophistical reasoning, to expose a vicious taste in literature, or to censure what is hostile to morality.
Page 517 - Of all monarchs, indeed, since the revolution, the successor of George the Third will have the finest opportunity of becoming nobly popular.
Page 523 - Every freeman has an undoubted right to lay what sentiments he pleases before the public: to forbid this, is to destroy the freedom of the press ; but, if he publishes what is improper, mischievous or illegal, he must take the consequence of his own temerity.
Page 625 - But where the act is itself unlawful, as in the case of a libel, the PROOF of justification or excuse lies on the defendant ; and in failure thereof, the law implies a criminal intent.