 | William Selwyn - 1817 - 782 pages
...the whole matter in issue, it was by stat. .'52 Geo. 3. c. 60. enacted and declared, that the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the court to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford, Sir Edward Hyde East - 1817 - 946 pages
...it is declared and enacted, that on the trial of an indictment or information for a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the Court or Judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on... | |
 | Francis Buller - 1817 - 684 pages
...the damages recovered are under 40s. there shall tionfor the making and publishing a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and »ball not be directed by the judge to find defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication... | |
 | 1804 - 510 pages
...in Ca?esof Libel." This statute enacts and declares, that on every trial for this offence, the Jury may give a general verdict, of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter, and shall not be required to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of publication, b'j( may enter... | |
 | 1817 - 650 pages
...that doubts having arisen as to the powers of juries, in matters of libel, itisemtcted, "Thatonevery such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue, may give a general vertuet of Guilty, or Not Guilty upon the whole matter put in issue," &c.* Now, gentlemen, what is... | |
 | John Adolphus - 1818 - 762 pages
...libels." It declares and enacts, that on every trial of an indictment or information for a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter in iffuc, and {hall not be required or directed by the judge, to find the defendant guilty, merely... | |
 | Harold Nuttall Tomlins - 1819 - 726 pages
...the same, to give their Verdict upon the whole Matter in Issue;" and then de" ^ , clares and enacts, that on every such Trial, the Jury sworn to try the...may give a general Verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty npon the whole Matter put to issue upon such Indictment or Information ; and shall not be required... | |
 | 1819 - 514 pages
...give entire satisfaction. — Of Mr. Fox's Bill, declaring the jury, in cases of libel, competent to give a general verdict of guilty, or not guilty, upon the whole matter in issue, M. Gentz speaks as of an evil smaller than some others which presented themselves : " The... | |
 | Abraham John Valpy - 1819 - 644 pages
...the Judges. This hill declaíed the Jury, in prosecutions for libel, competent to give a g&nçral. verdict of " guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in »Sue, upon the indictment or information." It is not surprising that such a Parliamentary measure... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1820 - 834 pages
...verdict upon the whole matter in issue, it is declared that on every "j? ""^f"*"0" such trial, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue ; and shall not be required (a) A'l quastiotumjutit nin mjmniknt'Jurafoni. Poll. 256. 32 G... | |
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Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, 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... 
