 | Sir James Prior - 1824 - 618 pages
...offence, as has been usually practised before this act. IL 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 of directions to the jury on... | |
 | Alexander Whellier - 1825 - 836 pages
...required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty merely ou the proof of the publication of the paper charged to be a libel, and of the sense ascribed to it on the record. But the statute provides, that .the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
 | William Oldnall Russell - Criminal law - 1826 - 788 pages
...the sense " ascribed to the eame in such indictment or information." (n) " But it provides also, that 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,... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1826 - 658 pages
...give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put to issue upon such indictment or information. and shall not be required or directed by the Court before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, to find the defendant or defendants guilty,... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1830 - 474 pages
...in such indictment or information. By the second section 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 direction to the jury on... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 972 pages
...trial, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the Court or judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication by such defendant of the paper... | |
 | Henry John Stephen - Criminal law - 1834 - 518 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 on the record. But the statute provides that the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
 | William Blackstone - Law - 1836 - 704 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 by the record. But the statute provides, that the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
 | Richard Burn - Justices of the peace - 1836 - 1178 pages
...to the same in such indictment or information." ยง 2. " 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... | |
 | Thomas George Western, Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional law - 1838 - 628 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 on the record. But this statute provides that the judge may give his opinion to the jury respecting... | |
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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... 
