 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 páginas
...might give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue, and should not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom the trial was had, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
 | John Pitt Taylor - 1848 - 764 páginas
...ascribed to the same in such indictment or information." § 2 provides, " That, on every such trial, the court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall,* according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and * Semble the word " shall"... | |
 | William Johnson, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1849 - 866 páginas
...direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cases, and shall not be directed or required by the court or judge, before whom such indictment...information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by the defendant, of the matter charged to be libellous,... | |
 | William Forsyth - 1852 - 506 páginas
...not guilty upon the whole 1 6 and 7 Viet. c. 75. ' 32 Geo. III. c. 60. matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom it shall be tried to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication of the paper... | |
 | Henry Roscoe - 1852 - 988 páginas
...to the same in such indictment or information. By sec. 2, it is provided, that on every such trial the court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion or discretion to the jury on... | |
 | William Pitt (Earl of Chatham) - 1853 - 1016 páginas
...sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall...required or directed by the Court or Judge before whom the indictment or information shall be tried to find the defendant or defendants guilty merely on the... | |
 | John Frederick Archbold - 1853 - 1006 páginas
...direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cases, and shall not be directed or required by the court or judge before whom such indictment...information shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof of the publication by the defendant, of the matter charged to be libellous,... | |
 | Benjamin Robbins Curtis, United States. Circuit Court (1st Circuit) - 1854 - 572 páginas
...the statute, but in quite a different connection, and, as I think, with just the opposite meaning. " The court or judge, before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury,... | |
 | Sir James Prior - 1854 - 840 páginas
...ascribed to the same on such indictment or information. II. Provided always, that on every such trial the court or judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to their or bis discretion forgotten. Whatever merit therefore be in this measure,... | |
 | Benjamin Boothby - 1854 - 480 páginas
...to the same in such indictment or information. By sect. 2, it is provided that on every such trial, the Court or Judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried shall, according to their or his discretion, irive their or his opinion or direction to the jury on... | |
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Be it therefore declared and enacted, by, &c., that on every such trial the jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put to issue on such indictment or information; and shall not be required... 
