 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
 | British Columbia - 1891 - 598 pages
...action is tried, to lind the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of publication by such defendant of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such action ; but the Court or Judge before whom such trial is had shall, according to the discretion of... | |
 | Duncan Campbell - 1873 - 566 pages
...same, to give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty wpon the whole matter in issue, and that they shall not be required or directed by the court or...information shall be tried, to find the defendant fuilty merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant of the paper charged to be a libel,... | |
 | Duncan Campbell - 1873 - 566 pages
...upon the whole matter in issue, and that they shall not le required or directed by the court or judye, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant of the paper charged to be a libel,... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1874 - 914 pages
...guilty or uot guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and 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... | |
 | Herbert Broom, Edward Alfred Hadley - 1875 - 858 pages
...of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information; and undness of mind, or affection of insanity, must be...the reason and judgment, and obliterating the sense But it is provided, that the court shall direct the jury according to their discretion, as in other... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament. House of Lords - 1875 - 596 pages
...person accused, and that in cases of libel, the jury ought not to be directed by the judge to pronounce the defendant or defendants guilty, merely on the...charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the said paper in the indictment or information. 2ndly, And because we conceive that the said right of... | |
 | Forrest Fulton - 1875 - 340 pages
...directed by the court or judge, to find the defendant " guilty" merely on proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in the indictment or information. The following are the three most important trials for seditious libel... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1895 - 782 pages
...particular case both law and fact as compounded in the issue submitted to them. That act provides that " the court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury on... | |
 | Sir William Oldnall Russell, Horace Smith, Alfred Percival Perceval Keep - 1896 - 1132 pages
...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...indictment or information shall be tried, to find the defendants or defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant or defendants... | |
 | William Blake Odgers - 1896 - 940 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...judge before whom such indictment or information shall btried to find the defendant or defendants guilty merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
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