 | 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... | |
 | Jonathan French - 1854 - 534 páginas
...public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 9. That the people shall be secure in their... | |
 | Andrew White Young - 1855 - 1032 páginas
...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. This was an essentially mitigating provision of this obnoxious law. The English law of libel was at... | |
 | 1855 - 576 páginas
...Ihe press. § 7. In all prosecutions or indictments for libels, the truth may be given in' evidence, and the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. § 8. The people shall be secure in their persons, houses,... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin Hall - 1856 - 560 páginas
...of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law and the fact,...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
...shall 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 shall have a right to determine the l»w and the fact, under the direction of the Court, аз in other cases," as in and by the said act,... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 754 páginas
...shall 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 shall...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... | |
 | United States. Congress, Thomas Hart Benton - 1857 - 788 páginas
...public information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels the Jury shall have a right to determine the law,...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. This is the situation in which the Constitution of Pennsylvania has placed the press ; and it is the... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1864 - 960 páginas
...concerning Libels was brought before the Legislature. It "declared that in every indictment or information, the Jury shall have a right to determine the law and...fact under the direction of the Court, as in other criminal cases." On the consideration of this bill, the Assembly, being Democratic, to shield Lewis,... | |
 | Michael W. Cluskey - 1857 - 672 páginas
...the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury who shall try the cause, tional possession of this right is decisive evidence of citizenship. The provisions mad аз in other cases. Sec. 4. That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day of March,... | |
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And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 
