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Art. 1 Sec. 7
mode of worship. But it shall be the duty of the Legislature to pass such laws as
may be necessary to protect equally every religious denomination in the peaceable
enjoyment of its own mode of public worship.
Sec. 7. APPROPRIATIONS FOR SECTARIAN PURPOSES. No money
shall be appropriated, or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or
religious society, theological or religious seminary; nor shall property belonging
to the State be appropriated for any such purposes.
Sec. 8. FREEDOM OF SPEECH AND PRESS; LIBEL. Every person
shall be at liberty to speak, write or publish his opinions on any subject, being
responsible for the abuse of that privilege; and no law shall ever be passed
curtailing the liberty of speech or of the press. In prosecutions for the publication
of papers, investigating the conduct of officers, or men in public capacity, or
when the matter published is proper for public information, the truth thereof
may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have
the right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as
in other cases.
Sec. 9. SEARCHES AND SEIZURES. The people shall be secure in 5
their persons, houses, papers and possessions, from all unreasonable seizures or
searches, and no warrant to search any place, or to seize any person or thing, shall
issue without describing them as near as may be, nor without probable cause,
supported by oath or affirmation.
Sec. 10. RIGHTS OF ACCUSED IN CRIMINAL PROSECUTIONS.
In all criminal prosecutions the accused shall have a speedy public trial by an
impartial jury. He shall have the right to demand the nature and cause of the
accusation against him, and to have a copy thereof. He shall not be compelled to
give evidence against himself, and shall have the right of being heard by himself
or counsel, or both, shall be confronted by the witnesses against him and shall
have compulsory process for obtaining witnesses in his favor, except that when 5
the witness resides out of the State and the offense charged is a violation of any
of the anti-trust laws of this State, the defendant and the State shall have the
right to produce and have the evidence admitted by deposition, under such rules
and laws as the Legislature may hereafter provide; and no person shall be held
to answer for a criminal offense, unless on an indictment of a grand jury, except
in cases in which the punishment is by fine or imprisonment, otherwise than in
the penitentiary, in cases of impeachment, and in cases arising in the army or
navy, or in the militia, when in actual service in time of war or public danger. .
(Amended Nov. 5, 1918.)
Sec. 11. BAIL. All prisoners shall be bailable by sufficient sureties, unless
for capital offenses, when the proof is evident; but this provision shall not be 5
so construed as to prevent bail after indictment found upon examination of the
evidence, in such manner as may be prescribed by law.
Sec. ha. MULTIPLE CONVICTIONS; DENIAL OF BAIL. (a) Any 5
person (1) accused of a felony less than capital in this State, who has been
theretofore twice convicted of a felony, the second conviction being subsequent
to the first, both in point of time of commission of the offense and conviction
therefor, (2) accused of a felony less than capital in this State, committed while
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Texas. Legislature. Legislative Council. Research Division. Texas Constitution, April 2008, book, April 2008; Austin, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth654146/m1/8/?q=%222008~%22: accessed August 15, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.