 | Henry Clay - United States - 1843 - 614 pages
...afores iid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial oi' 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.' It is only for the sake of the truth, said they who favored the passage of that law — for the sake... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 612 pages
...aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in hie 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 sake... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 1144 pages
...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...law and the fact, under the direction of the court, aa in other cases." It is only for the sake of the truth, said they who favored the passage of that... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 630 pages
...to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in ihn publication chanced us a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall...fact, under the direction of the court, as in other It is only for the aake of the truth, said they who favored the passage of that law — for the sake... | |
 | Henry Clay - Campaign literature - 1843 - 804 pages
...libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial 9f the cause, 19 give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jurv who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction... | |
 | Jeremy Bentham - Constitutional law - 1843 - 618 pages
...ftc. And the jury who shall try the Thejur7 to decause, shall have a right to deter- termiiie the mine the law and the fact, under ?*£ the direction of the court, as in ' other cases. § 4. And be it further enacted. Limitation of That this act shall continue and this act to the be... | |
 | Law - 1844 - 506 pages
...April, 1805, it is provided, "that on every indictment or information, the jury who shall try the same shall have a right to determine the law and the fact under the direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cases, and shall not.be directed or required by the court or judge... | |
 | Illinois - Illinois - 1845 - 766 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. SCHEDULE. SEC. I. That no inconveniences may arise from the change of a territorial to a permanent... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - Criminal law - 1845 - 756 pages
...prosecution for libel, it shall be lawful for any defendant, upon trial of the cause, to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication, charged as libellous." (See also Rev. St. c. 133, s. 6.) It was always competent for the defendant, in a civil... | |
 | United States - Session laws - 1845 - 816 pages
...BÍTCn in evito give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in "xhe jury shall the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, determine the shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction ltwand 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... 
