 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 216de Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870Affichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
 | 1845 - 542 pages
...ascribed to the same in such indictment or information." Sect. 2. provides "that, on every such trial, 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... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 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 the trial was had, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 764 pages
...ascribed to the same in such indictment or information." § 2 provides, " That, on every such trial, 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 * Semble the word " shall"... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1849 - 866 pages
...direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cases, and shall not be directed or required by the court or judge, before whom such indictment...information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by the defendant, of the matter charged to be libellous,... | |
 | Jacob D. Wheeler - 1851 - 704 pages
...trial was had, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in the indictment." BOSTON, During the debates on this bill in the House of Lords, an' b ' the twelve... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1852 - 988 pages
...to the same in such indictment or information. By sec. 2, it is provided, that on every such trial 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 or discretion to the jury on... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1852 - 506 pages
...and 7 Viet. c. 75. ' 32 Geo. III. c. 60. matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom it shall be tried to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication of the paper... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 pages
...direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cases, and shall not be directed or required by the court or judge before whom such indictment...information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication by the defendant, of the matter charged to be libellous,... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 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 the indictment or information shall be tried to find the defendant or defendants guilty merely on the... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1854 - 572 pages
...the statute, but in quite a different connection, and, as I think, with just the opposite meaning. " 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,... | |
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