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... practice ; whereas , until the invention of printing , the Freedom of Thought and Speech was scarcely dreamt of as a branch of human government ; and the minds of legis- lators had been almost blank with regard to it . Moreover , the ...
... practice ; whereas , until the invention of printing , the Freedom of Thought and Speech was scarcely dreamt of as a branch of human government ; and the minds of legis- lators had been almost blank with regard to it . Moreover , the ...
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... practice as to censorship of the press 50 Early doctrines as to the publication of news 52 Oldest statute laws as to false news . 53 Right to publish news generally . 54 Special laws as to newspapers of suppression Postage facilities ...
... practice as to censorship of the press 50 Early doctrines as to the publication of news 52 Oldest statute laws as to false news . 53 Right to publish news generally . 54 Special laws as to newspapers of suppression Postage facilities ...
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... practice since Fox's Act as to functions of juries in libel cases • Functions of judge in criminal trial for libel 216 217 217 219 220 222 Finality of verdict of jury on indictment . 222 The punishment of libel 223 Mitigation of ...
... practice since Fox's Act as to functions of juries in libel cases • Functions of judge in criminal trial for libel 216 217 217 219 220 222 Finality of verdict of jury on indictment . 222 The punishment of libel 223 Mitigation of ...
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... Practice of resignation bonds Remedy in case of simony . Vacancy and exchange of benefices . 400 401 403 404 CHAPTER IV . ORDERS OF BISHOPS , PRIESTS , AND DEACONS , AND INSTITUTION INTO BENEFICES . A separate order of priests . Bishops ...
... Practice of resignation bonds Remedy in case of simony . Vacancy and exchange of benefices . 400 401 403 404 CHAPTER IV . ORDERS OF BISHOPS , PRIESTS , AND DEACONS , AND INSTITUTION INTO BENEFICES . A separate order of priests . Bishops ...
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... practice of holding such meetings for discussing public grievances seems to have been largely developed by the excitement consequent on the expulsion of Wilkes from the House of Commons in 1770. A law officer near the close of last ...
... practice of holding such meetings for discussing public grievances seems to have been largely developed by the excitement consequent on the expulsion of Wilkes from the House of Commons in 1770. A law officer near the close of last ...
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Page 158 - ... the law considers such publication as malicious unless it is fairly made by a person in the discharge of some public or private duty, whether legal or moral, or in the conduct of his own affairs, in matters where his interest is concerned.
Page 326 - ... no tradesman, artificer, workman, labourer, or other person whatsoever shall do or exercise any worldly labour, business or work of their ordinary callings, upon the Lord's Day, or any part thereof (works of necessity and charity only excepted...
Page 290 - Making of any manner of new Manufactures within this Realm, to the true and first Inventor and Inventors of such Manufactures, which others at the Time of Making such Letters...
Page 38 - ... against their ruinous consequences, and exert his whole faculties in pointing out the most advantageous changes in establishments which he considers to be radically defective, or sliding from their object by abuse.
Page 213 - Whereas printers, booksellers, and other persons have of late frequently taken the liberty of printing, reprinting, and publishing, or causing to be printed, reprinted, and published, books and other writings, without the consent of the authors or proprietors of such books and writings, to their very great detriment, and too often to the ruin of them and their families...
Page 227 - ... for their perishable trash. It was not for gain that Bacon, Newton, Milton, Locke, instructed and delighted the world.
Page 191 - ENACTED, 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...
Page 79 - It is neither more nor less than this : that a man may publish anything which twelve of his countrymen think is not blamable...
Page 323 - I am always very well pleased with a country Sunday, and think, if keeping holy the seventh day were only a human institution, it would be the best method that could have been thought of for the polishing and civilizing of mankind. It is certain the country people would soon degenerate into a kind of savages and barbarians, were there not such frequent returns of a stated time, in which the whole village meet together with their best faces, and in their cleanliest habits, to converse with one another...
Page 90 - I think the fair position in which the law may be settled is this : that where the public conduct of a public man is open to animadversion and the writer who is commenting upon it makes imputations on his motives which arise fairly and legitimately out of his conduct, so that a jury shall say that the criticism was not only honest, but also well founded...