 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1854 - 572 páginas
...c. 74, s. 3, Congress expressly provided, that the jury should have the right to determine the Jaw and the fact, under the direction of the Court, as in other cases, United States v. Morris. and that this shows that in other cases juries may decide the law, contrary... | |
 | James Kent - 1854 - 714 páginas
...the court, as in other criminal cases; and that the defendant upon the trial might give in evideuce, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication. The act as to the former part of it was taken from the English statutes of 32 Geo. IIL c. 60. See,... | |
 | 1855 - 576 páginas
...given 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 a challenge for that purpose,... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 páginas
...any person prosecuted for writing or publishing such libel, might, in his defense, give in evidence the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury had the right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of t.he court, as in other cases.... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1856 - 560 páginas
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defense, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. " And be it further enacted, That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March,... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1856 - 756 páginas
...if ал у person shall be prosecuted under this act, it shall be lawful for him to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained...the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall have a right to determine the l»w and the fact, under the direction of the Court, аз in other... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 páginas
...aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence, have been referred to as those by whom the President and House of Representatives were to be elected, аз in other cases. Sec. 4. That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March,... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 760 páginas
...his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact,...under the direction of the Court, as in other cases," as in and by the said act, commonly called the sedition law, to which this respondent begs leave to... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 754 páginas
...his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the Court, as in other ca.<cs," as in and by the said act, commonly called the sedition faw, to which this respondent begs... | |
 | Frederick Gerhard - 1857 - 474 páginas
...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 a challenge for that purpose,... | |
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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... 
