 | William Sullivan - United States - 1834 - 398 pages
...in the provision therein contained, that it should be lawful for the defendant to give in evidence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and that the jury should have the right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the... | |
 | William Sullivan - Federal party - 1834 - 490 pages
...the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and that the jury should have the right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the court. There can be no stronger proof of the delusion which prevailed, than is found in the clamor against... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1834 - 172 pages
...cause, to give in evi" dence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publica" tion charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause shall t, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disre'^'pute ; or to excite against tne'm,'... | |
 | Esek Cowen, New York (State). Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1837 - 826 pages
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6th, 1805, (sess. 28, ch, 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under tht direction of the court; and that it shall be lawful to give ALBANY, the truth in evidence, provided... | |
 | 1838 - 514 pages
...more than two years. On the trial, the defendant was, by the same law, allowed to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained...in the publication charged as a libel, and the jury were to decide on both the facts and law. This law was limited in its continuance to the 3d of March,... | |
 | Texas - Session laws - 1838 - 1142 pages
...prosecuted for writirg or publishing any libel, shall be allowed upon the trial, to give in evidence, . in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous. SEC. 31. Every person convicted of writing or publishing a libel, to he fined in such sum,... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - History - 1839 - 384 pages
...upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter con* tained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury...under the direction of the court as in other cases." Mr. Jefferson's opinion of this act, as well as of the alien law, has already been cited. But in a... | |
 | United States - Law - 1840 - 864 pages
...defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, (lie truth of the mailer contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a righl lo determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in olher cases. § 4.... | |
 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 616 pages
...aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in bis defence; the truth of the matter contained in the...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 that law — for the... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 618 pages
...lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of tl __ _. . . __ of the publighcause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained...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 that law—for the sake... | |
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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... 
