 | David Hume, Tobias Smollett, William Jones - 1828 - 422 pages
...however, the bill which Mr. Fox bad introduced the preceding year, authorizing juries to pronounce a verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole 'matter put to issue in cases of libel, but which had been postponed at the instance of the lord chancellor, was again brought... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1829 - 764 pages
...enacted, that in all trials for libel on an issue joined between the King and the defendant, " 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... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1830 - 474 pages
...arrest of judgment, and judgment was arrested, the court considering the indictment to be defective. 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 or directed by the court or... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Manning, Archer Ryland - 1831 - 816 pages
...act, (32 Geo. 3, c. 6O,) a that upon 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 to find the defendant guilty merely on... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - 1834 - 518 pages
...that on every trial of an indictment or information for a libel, upon the plea of not guilty, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty merely on... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 pages
...Irish act 33 Geo. 3. c. 43.) which enacted, that on trials of indictment for libel, the jury might on behalf in issue ; and though, perhaps, the act is not drawn in the most intelligible and consistent manner,... | |
 | Tracts - 1836 - 506 pages
...of opinion that the composition is not libellous. By the Libel Act of 32. Geo. 3. c. 60. " the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed to find the defendant... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 pages
...And 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 issue, and shall not be required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - 1838 - 928 pages
...trial of an indictment or information for a libel ; the jury may, by the provisions of the statute, give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, pro1 Bennett v. Bennett, 6 C. & P. " Chalmers v. Payne, 2 CM & 586. R. 156. 1 Gale, 69. Dicasv.... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - 1838 - 774 pages
...trial of an indictment or information for a libel; the jury may, by the provisions of the statute, give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in *1400 issue, provided *the judge shall give his opinion or direction to them on the matter in issue.... | |
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ENACTED, 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... 
