 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 sidor
...offence, as has been usually practised before this act. IL Provided always, 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 of directions to the jury on... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 sidor
...which 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 ou... | |
 | sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 584 sidor
...declaratory and enacting; by sect. 1. the jury in all cases of information or indictment for libel may find a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter in issue, and are not to be required by the court or judge to find a verdict of guilty merely on proof... | |
 | Sir William Blackstone - 1825 - 576 sidor
...declaratory and enacting; by Beet. 1. the jury in all cases of information or indictment for libel may find a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter in issue, and are not to be required by the court or judge to find a verdict of guilty merely on proof... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1826 - 658 sidor
...verdict upon the whole matter in issue ; and it is then declared and enacted that on every such trial the Jury sworn to try the issue may give a general...of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put to issue upon such indictment or information. and shall not be required or directed by the Court before... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - 1826 - 788 sidor
...the sense " ascribed to the eame in such indictment or information." (n) " But it provides also, 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,... | |
 | George Lewis Smyth - 1826 - 556 sidor
...attended his exertions to regulate and improve the law of libel, by giving juries a right to bring in a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter charged before them in the indictment, and thus elude the fatal prescription up to this period enforced,... | |
 | 1827 - 530 sidor
...their verdict upon the whole matter in issue, " it is DECLARED and enacted, that on every such trial, the Jury sworn to try the issue may give a general...indictment or information ; and shall not be required by the court or judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1829 - 764 sidor
...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 the proof... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1830 - 474 sidor
...in such indictment or information. By the second section 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 and direction to the jury on... | |
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... 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... 
