 | Calvin Colton - Statesmen - 1846 - 510 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...under the direction of the court, as in other cases.' . " Where is the security against such conduct on the part of the president? Where the boundary to... | |
 | Illinois - Law - 1847 - 600 pages
...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 SEc. 25. Any person who shull, after the adoption of this constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept... | |
 | William Sullivan - Federal party - 1847 - 478 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... | |
 | E. Fitch Smith - Constitutional law - 1848 - 1004 pages
...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. § 110. The constitution of the state of Illinois provides the legislative power shall be vested in... | |
 | John Bigelow - Constitutions - 1848 - 538 pages
...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 eases. MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN was settled by the French as early as 1650. In 1763 it was ceded to England,... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1848 - 1046 pages
...the court, as in other criminal cases ; and that the defendant upon the trial might give in evidence, 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 statute of 32 Geo. 3. c. 60. See also... | |
 | John Pendleton Kennedy - Attorneys general - 1849 - 492 pages
...power of the United States. ****** " The statute on which the traverser is indicted, enacts that ' the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...under the direction of the court as in other cases.' By this provision I understand that a riglu is given to the jury to determine what the law is in the... | |
 | Illinois - Law - 1849 - 452 pages
...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 fur that purpose,... | |
 | Francis Wharton - Trials - 1849 - 762 pages
...defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of tho аачег contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the «им, shall have a right to determine die law and the fact, under the direction of the court, »s... | |
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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... 
