 That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...  The Life and Speeches of Henry Clay - Sida 163efter Henry Clay - 1843Obegränsad förhandsgranskning - Om den här boken
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 sidor
...in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. § 25. Any person who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 1170 sidor
...in his defense the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." In contrast with the views expressed here, I desire now to read from the fourth volume of Mr. Madison's... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 774 sidor
...in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libeL And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under fne direction of the court, as in other cases. In contrast with the views expressed here, I desire... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - 1868 - 776 sidor
...his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged па a libel And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law aud the fa»:. under the direction of the court, as in other cases. In contrast with the views expressed... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 sidor
...however, the constitution provides that they shall be judges of the law " as in other cases," or may determine the law and the fact " under the direction of the court," we must perhaps conclude that the intention has been simply to put libel cases on the same footing... | |
 | Octavius Pickering, Charles Wentworth Upham - 1873 - 516 sidor
...truth of the matter contained in the publication, and that the jury before whom the trial shall be shall have a right to determine the law and the fact...under the direction of the court as in other cases. Hence, there can be no conviction, unless it appears, not only that the matter written, printed, or... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - 1873 - 806 sidor
...given in evidence j and in all indictments for libel the jury may have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the Court, as in other cases." — Art. 8, § 22, 23. ALABAMA. — The Constitution of Alabama, 1819, provides that " cz'cty citizen... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - 1873 - 808 sidor
...given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libel the jury may have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the Court, as in other cases." — Art 8, § 22, 23. ALABAMA. — The Constitution of Alabama, 1819, provides that "every citizen... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - 1874 - 940 sidor
...that the defendant might give the truth of the matter in evidence, provides as follows : And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine...law and the fact, under the direction of the court, us in other caaes. (1 Stat. at L., 5U7.) The language of this act, "as in other cases," recognizes... | |
 | 1874 - 450 sidor
...that the truth maybe given in evidence on the trial of an indictment for a libel, and that the jury "shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, iu like manner as in other criminal cases." This statute settled the law in this State as to the right... | |
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