(Pa.) 234.—Liberty of the press. The right to print and publish the truth, from good motives and for justifiable ends. People vy. Croswell, 3 Johns. Cas. 394. The right freely to publish whatever the citizen may please, and to be protected against any responsibility for so doing except so far as such publications, from their blasphemy, obscenity, or scandalous character,. may be a public offense, or as b> their falsehood and malice they may injuriously affect the standing, reputation, or pecuniary interests of individuals. Cooley, Const. Lim. 422. It is said to consist in this: “That neither courts of justice, nor any judges whatever. are authorized to take notice of writings intended for the press, but are confined to those which are actually printed” De Lolme, Eng.

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