 | United States - 1864 - 350 pages
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give ill evidence, in his defense, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...under the direction of the court, as in other .cases. "Sec. 4. 'That this act shall continue and be in force until the third day oí March, one thousand... | |
 | Stephen D. Carpenter - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 368 pages
...charged ua libel, [this is milder than the action against VALLANDIGHAM and others] and the jury,who shall try the cause, shall have a right to determine...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. "Sec 4. And be it further enacted, Tint this act shall continue and be in force until the 3d day of... | |
 | Stephen D. Carpenter - Antislavery movements - 1864 - 360 pages
...it ahall be lawful for the defendent upon the trial of the cause to give in evidence in his defense the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel, [this is milder than the action against VALLANDIGHAM and others] and the jury, who shall try the cause,... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1864 - 966 pages
...was brought before the Legislature. It "declared that in every indictment or information, the Jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact under the direction of the Court, as in other criminal cases." On the consideration of this bill, the Assembly, being Democratic, to shield Lewis,... | |
 | Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1865 - 642 pages
...that in every prosecution for libel it shall be lawful for any defendant on trial to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous ; provided always, that such evidence shall not be a justification, unless in the trial it... | |
 | James Kent - Law - 1866 - 722 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 statutes of 32 Gco. III. c. 60. See,... | |
 | FRANKLIN B. HOUGII - 1867 - 604 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. § 25. Any person who shall, after the adoption of this Constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge for that purpose,... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 1170 pages
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defense the truth of the matter contained in the publication...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." In contrast with the views expressed here, I desire now to read from the fourth volume of Mr. Madison's... | |
 | Andrew Johnson - Impeachments - 1868 - 774 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...have a right to determine the law and the fact, under fne direction of the court, as in other cases. In contrast with the views expressed here, I desire... | |
 | United States. Congress - Law - 1868 - 548 pages
...shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of tho cause, to give iu evidence in his defense the truth of the matter contained in the publication...charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the causeshall have n right to determine the law and tho fact, under tho direction of tho court, as in... | |
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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... 
