 | Tracts - 1836 - 506 דפים
...should be 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 guilty,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 דפים
...•I' liheis. 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... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - 1838 - 628 דפים
...60, (passed to remove doubts respecting the functions of juries), it is enacted, that, on every trial for libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter at issue; and shall not be required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty merely on... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - 1838 - 928 דפים
...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. Law.... | |
 | Patrick Brady Leigh - 1838 - 774 דפים
...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.... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1839 - 646 דפים
...therefore declared and enacted, &c. &c., 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 or directed by the Court or Judge before... | |
 | George Worthington - 1840 - 72 דפים
...#, .„ -. province of juries very materially in cases of libel, and >- -" making or publishing any libel, the jury may give a general verdict, of guilty...not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 628 דפים
...most faithful and most obliged servant, ISAAC BARRE. juries, in criminal prosecutions for libel, to give " a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information." In its progress through the House of Commons, Mr. Fox was most... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1840 - 626 דפים
...most faithful and most obliged servant, ISAAC BARRE. juries, in eriminal prosecutions for libel, to give "a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information." In its progress through the House of Commons, Mr. Fox was most... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1841 - 1196 דפים
...and 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 of... | |
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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... 
