 | United States. Congress - Law - 1834 - 740 pages
...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 cliarged as a libel; »nd the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right to determine the law... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1826 - 658 pages
...that 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,... | |
 | English literature - 1827 - 530 pages
...publishing any libel, 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 charged as libellous ; provided also that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless on the trial it shall... | |
 | Robert Walsh - American literature - 1829 - 532 pages
...publishing. any libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous: — Provided, that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless it- shall be made... | |
 | Joseph Blunt - History - 1828 - 880 pages
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6lh, 1805, (m-ss. 28, ch. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court ; and that it .shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6th, 1805, (test. 28, ch. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a. right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court ; and that it shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with... | |
 | e. & g.w. blunt - 1828 - 884 pages
...act of April 6th, 1505, (.«'.«.«. 28, i-li. 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a.right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court; and that it shall be lawful to give the truth in evidence, provided the publication was made with good... | |
 | Joseph Story - Constitutional history - 1833 - 800 pages
...of the writing or libel might be given in evidence ; and that the jury, who tried the cause, should have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction ol the court, as in other cases. § 1289. The constitutionality of both the acts was assailed with... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1834 - 852 pages
...give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the mailer contained in the publication charged a» n libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." It is only for the sake of the truth said they who favored the passage of the law — for the sake... | |
 | United States. Congress - United States - 1851 - 822 pages
...information, the truth thereof may be given in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels iheJury shall have a right to determine the law, and the fact,...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... | |
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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... 
