may be given in evidence. This article of the constitution contemplates that the proprietors of a libelous press may be sued for private damage or may be indicted criminally; and that upon trial they should have a right to give the truth in evidence. In this case the proprietors had no notice of the proceeding The constitution also provides that the people shall be protected against unreasonable searches or seizures of their property; and “that no man shall be deprived of life liberty or property; except by the judgement of his peers” (which means a Jury trial) “and the laws of the land”; which means due process of law and notice to the accused. You have also violated the laws of the constitution and your own charter in this. Your council which has no judicial power and can only pass ordinances of a general nature, have undertaken to pass Judgement as a court, and convict without jury a press of being libelous and a nuisance to the .