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* ''McArthur v. State'', 57 S.W. 847, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/057_SW_847.pdf#page=3 849] (Tex.Crim.App. 1900) ("We do not understand this article of our Code to contravene the provisions of our constitution on this subject (see Bill of Rights, § 8) . . . . This provision makes the jurors simply the judges of the law under the direction of the court, as in other cases. In other cases the jury take the law from the court, and are required to be governed thereby; and we understand the constitution and the statute to mean the same thing, and it was never intended that the jury, with reference to libel, should construe the law for themselves and without direction from the court.") | * ''McArthur v. State'', 57 S.W. 847, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/057_SW_847.pdf#page=3 849] (Tex.Crim.App. 1900) ("We do not understand this article of our Code to contravene the provisions of our constitution on this subject (see Bill of Rights, § 8) . . . . This provision makes the jurors simply the judges of the law under the direction of the court, as in other cases. In other cases the jury take the law from the court, and are required to be governed thereby; and we understand the constitution and the statute to mean the same thing, and it was never intended that the jury, with reference to libel, should construe the law for themselves and without direction from the court.") | ||
* ''A. H. Belo & Co. v. Wren'', 63 Tex. 686, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/ | * ''A. H. Belo & Co. v. Wren'', 63 Tex. 686, [https://texaslegalguide.com/images/063_Tex_686.pdf#page=37 722] (1884) ("The publisher of defamatory matter is exempted from responsibility in such cases, because the demands of public policy for the publication outweigh all considerations requiring the protection of private reputation in the particular case. The public are not regarded as having such an interest in proceedings embodying defamatory matter as will outweigh the necessity of protecting the character of individuals, unless they are proceedings of a legislative or judicial character. Cooley's Const. Law, 568; Townshend on Libel, 411; Sanford ''v''. Bennett, 24 N.Y. 20.") | ||
|seo_title=Article I, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution ("Freedom of Speech and Press; Libel") | |seo_title=Article I, Section 8 of the Texas Constitution ("Freedom of Speech and Press; Libel") | ||