 Geo. 3. c. 60. was passed, which enacts " that on every such " trial, the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict " of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon " such indictment or information ; and shall not be required...  Speeches of Thomas Lord Erskine - Page 206de Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | Homersham Cox - 1863 - 860 pages
...information, and shall not be required to find a verdict of guilty merely on proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the paper in the information or indictment. The beneficial operation of the Libel Act is perspicuously... | |
 | Thomas Spence - 1864 - 456 pages
...verdict of not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or...ascribed to the same in such indictment or information. On the 1st January 1801, the Union with Ireland commenced. By the Act of Union, the 39 and 40 Geo.... | |
 | 1865 - 408 pages
...directed *by the presiding judge to find the defendant guilty merely on proof of the publication by him of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such indictment. It has been contended by some legal authorities that this statute has not made the question of libel... | |
 | John McNab (Barrister-at-law.) - 1865 - 672 pages
...guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue in such action, indictment, or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or Judge before whom such action, indictment, or information is tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of publication... | |
 | William Blackstone, George Sharswood - 1866 - 780 pages
...required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to it in the record. But the statute provides that the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 930 pages
...might give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue, and should not be required or directed by the Court or Judge before whom such case should be tried, t to find the defendant guilty merely of publication, which is nothing more nor... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 pages
...guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, arid should not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom it should be tried to find the defendant guilty, merely on. the proof of the publication of the paper... | |
 | John Shortt - 1871 - 824 pages
...of guilty or not guilty npon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or...information shall be tried, to find the defendant or the defendants guilty, (a) Per Lord Campbell, CJ, 1 El. & Bl. 577. (6) 1 E. & B. 269. (c) Id. 272.... | |
 | John Shortt - 1871 - 846 pages
...XI. Court or judge may give opinion on matter in insue. SpecUl verdict Commitment Acquittal In final. merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant...defendants of the paper charged to be a libel, and of tie sense ascribed to the same in suoh indictment or information." Sect. 2 provides, " That on every... | |
 | Great Britain - 1872 - 680 pages
...of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or...ascribed to the same in such indictment or information. But the court II. PROVIDED always, that on every such trial the court or judge before wnom sucu indictment... | |
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