Newspaper Libel: A Handbook for the PressTicknor, 1888 - 304 pages |
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action for libel actual malice Advertiser alleged libel appeared arrested awarded Bennett Boston brought suit candidate Chap character charge Circuit Court civil action claim conduct contained contempt convicted copy County jail Court held crime criminal libel defamation defendant dollars editor evidence fact false Gazette grand jury guilty Herald imprisonment indictment injury James James Gordon Bennett John Journal Judge judgment justice language liable Libel and Slander libel suits libel was published libellous per se lished ment mitigation of damages newspaper Odgers on Libel offence opinion paper party person Philadelphia plaintiff political Political Libels printed privileged publication proceedings proof proprietor prosecution prove published the following punish punitive damages question recovered a verdict reputation Sedition Law seditious sentenced Slander and Libel special damage statute sued suit for libel sustained tend tion trial Tribune true truth Usill Van Benthuysen William writer York
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Page 231 - My conscience hath a thousand several tongues, And every tongue brings in a several tale, And every tale condemns me for a villain. Perjury, perjury, in the high'st degree; Murder, stern murder in the dir'st degree; All several sins, all us'd in each degree, Throng to the bar, crying all, 'Guilty, guilty!
Page 20 - Every citizen may freely speak, write and publish his sentiments on all subjects, being responsible for the abuse of that right; and no law shall be passed to restrain or abridge the liberty of speech or of the press.
Page 62 - Sense taken for a malicious Defamation, expressed either in Printing or Writing, and tending either to blacken the Memory of one who is dead, or the Reputation of one who is alive, and to expose him to public Hatred, Contempt or Ridicule.
Page 20 - In all criminal prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in evidence to the jury; and if it shall appear to the jury that the matter charged as libelous is true, and was published with good motives and for justifiable ends, the party shall be acquitted; and the jury shall have the right to determine the law and the fact.
Page 78 - The details for this object will be immediately communicated to the State authorities through the War Department. I appeal to all loyal citizens to favor, facilitate, and aid this effort to maintain the honor, the integrity, and the existence of our National Union and the perpetuity of popular government and to redress wrongs already long enough endured.
Page 208 - ... the man who is the source of all the misfortunes of our country, is this day reduced to a level with his fellow-citizens, and is no longer possessed of power to multiply evils upon the United States — If ever there was a period for rejoicing this is the moment — every heart in unison with the freedom and happiness of the people ought to beat high with exultation, that the name of Washington...
Page 12 - ... me, considering me, perhaps, as an apprentice, who was bound to keep his master's secrets. During my brother's confinement, which I resented a good deal, notwithstanding our private differences, I had the management of the paper; and I made bold to give our rulers some rubs in it, which my brother took very kindly, while others began to consider me in an unfavorable light, as a young genius that had a turn for libelling and satyr.
Page 18 - It made it a crime for anyone to "write, print, utter or publish * * * any false, scandalous and malicious writing * * * against the government of the United States, or either House of the Congress * * * or the President * * * with intent to defame the said government * * * or to bring them * * * into contempt or disrepute...
Page 75 - It is on its trial here, and the issue will be civil war, desolation, and anarchy. No wise man but discerns its imperfections, no good man but shudders at its miseries, no honest man but proclaims -its fraud, and no brave man but draws his sword against its force.
Page 199 - For Mr. Whistler's own sake, no less than for the protection of the purchaser, Sir Coutts Lindsay ought not to have admitted works into the gallery in which the ill-educated conceit of the artist so nearly approached the aspect of wilful imposture.