The Law of Libel.
The folio wiugresp) utions we're adopte 1 by a very large /public meeting at Sydney, on the^ 12th 1 inst : That m the opinion of .this meeting, the laws, relating to libel. t as affecting the.'ptess'j' require to be clearly defined' by special enactment, and so modified as to] discourage merely speculative actions, \ and relieve newspaper, prop cietors'O from' the necessity • of proving- minor: details, when it is proved; .to the satisfaction ;bf ajury that their strictures -have been, broadly speaking, true,, without malice.' and for the. .public Jtanqfif; That the powers at preseht exercised [ by the J udgesj should be so defined; tf at the' guilt or innocence ofc accused shall be deter mined.' By a jury, exciting always ' a case ot misconduct within the pre~ cnctS of the iQourt whilst the Judge is sitting. That in 'any revision -of Lws relating to libel, distinct provision should hi made to adjusttbe costs' tv the intention of the verdict - I ( ,
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 260, 6 October 1883, Page 2
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164The Law of Libel. Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 260, 6 October 1883, Page 2
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