 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 Supreme Court Reporter - Page 2811895Full view - About this book
 | Frederic Hudson - American newspapers - 1873 - 808 pages
...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... | |
 | Frederic Hudson - American newspapers - 1873 - 806 pages
...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... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate - United States - 1874 - 940 pages
...declaring 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...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... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1874 - 914 pages
...prosecuted under the Sedition Law so called, which expressly provided that the jury should have the right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. The defence insisted that the Sedition Law was unconstitutional and void, and proposed to argue that... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 440 pages
...that the truth may be given in evidence on tbe 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, in like manner as in oiher criminal caseu." This statute settled the law in this State as to the right... | |
 | Law - 1874 - 450 pages
...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... | |
 | Illinois - Law - 1874 - 1270 pages
...given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both ples contained in these articles, and, so far as it can be consistent wit SCHEDULE. § 1. That- no inconveniences may arise from the change of a territorial to a permanent state... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1875 - 884 pages
...further than the English statute, and providing that on every trial of an indictment for libel the jury " shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other criminal cases." This may now be regarded as the settled law in every part of the United States. —... | |
 | Benjamin Perley Poore - Constitutional law - 1877 - 1054 pages
...given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both does not exceed two SEC. 25. Any person who shall, after the adoption of this constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept... | |
 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - Constitutional law - 1878 - 1032 pages
...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... | |
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