 | Hudson (N.Y.) - 1803 - 438 pages
...find 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
...that if 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...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... | |
 | Samuel Chase, Charles Evans - Impeachments - 1805 - 396 pages
...that if any 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 in the publication charged asa libel ; and the jury shall have a ri:''.it to determine the law and the fact, uir! er the direction... | |
 | Mathew Carey - Political parties - 1817 - 476 pages
...CCj" it ihaJU be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evi<k}icetinlua defence, the truth of the matter contained in the...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. " Sec. 4. Jinn" be if further enacted', Thatthis act shall continue and be in force until the third... | |
 | 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
...years. "The 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... | |
 | 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... | |
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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... 
