 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...it in that part which gives any person prosecuted under the act a right " to give in evidence in his defence, the TRUTH OF THE MATTER contained in the publication charged as a libel •" Certainly not. Then, indeed, you must search in vain for it. Leaving the further discussion of... | |
 | Samuel Chase - Impeachments - 1805 - 88 pages
...any perfon fhall be profecutcd under this act, it fhall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury fliall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other... | |
 | Illinois - Constitutional law - 1818 - 32 pages
...in evidence. And in all indictments fot libels, the jurv shall h:ive the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 19 SCHEDULE. Sect. 1. That no inconveniences may arise from the change of a territorial to a permanent... | |
 | Rhode Island - Session laws - 1822 - 592 pages
...evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the writing or publication determine charged as a libel; and the jury who shall try the cause iawe™an* shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under f»ct- the direction of the... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 540 pages
...person prosecuted, having always, the right, tipon trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, the. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to "determine the law and the fact, under... | |
 | Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 542 pages
...prosecuted, having always, the right, upon trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, thf. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1834 - 740 pages
...evidence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication cliarged as a libel; »nd the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." But, under this new sedition law, which the President revives and promulgates in his cabinet paper,... | |
 | Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...facts alleged may be given in evidence on the general issue. And the jury shall have the same right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. On the question, Will the convention agree to the postponement for the aforesaid purpose ? The yeas... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1826 - 658 pages
...act, Tor writing or publishing any libel, might, upon the trial of the cause, give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication* charged as a libel, and that the jury should have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction ofthe Court,... | |
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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... 
