 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1815 - 620 pages
...a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed,...be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same on such mdictment or information. II. " Provided always, that on every such trial the court or judge,... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1815 - 516 pages
...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 his discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the jury on... | |
 | Francis Buller - Actions and defenses - 1817 - 684 pages
...and »ball not be directed by the judge to find defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the same in such ¡ntlictment or information. But the court shall, according to direction, give opinion and directions... | |
 | John Mason Good - 1819 - 742 pages
...general verdict of gui'lty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in" issue, upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge, before whom the indictment, &ic. shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1820 - 834 pages
...give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed...whom such indictment or information shall be tried, tojind the defendant or defendants guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
 | Liberalism (Religion) - 1820 - 714 pages
...required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication of the " paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to it in the record." * Another pleasing feature of the reign of George the Third, was an attempt, on... | |
 | William Nicholson - Natural history - 1821 - 406 pages
...a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon such indictment or information ; and shall not be required or directed by the court or judge, before whom the indictment, &c shall be tried, to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication... | |
 | Edmund Burke - History - 1824 - 910 pages
...of the person accused ; and that in cases of libel, the jury ought not to be directed by the judge to find the defendant or defendants guilty, merely...charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to the said paper in the indictment or information. 2dly, And because we conceive •that the said right of... | |
 | William Hawkins - Criminal procedure - 1824 - 838 pages
...information." f Sect. 18. But by 32 Geo. 3. c. 60. s. 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 and directions " to the jury... | |
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... the jury 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 not be required or directed, by the court or judge before whom such indictment or... 
