 | James Wilson - 1804 - 514 sider
...but that they are not judges of master of law." u The prisoner urged the authority of my Lord Coke, that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the fact; but, by a mistake, mentioned the book as a commentary upon Plowden instead of Littleton.... | |
 | Peter Oxenbridge Thacher - 1845 - 756 sider
...combination is nowhere said to be unlawful, except in 8 Mod. 10. (Mr. Rantoul also argued at length, that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the facts in the case.) Parker closed for the commonwealth, in substance as follows : — Four questions arise... | |
 | North Carolina. Supreme Court, Hamilton Chamberlain Jones - 1854 - 622 sider
...Margaret Hart, " that character w&aaunit, and if it were bad in one particular, it was bad in all." 2nd. That the jury were judges of the Law as well as of facts, in cases of this sort. 3rd. " That if they believed the deceased was pressing upon and striking... | |
 | Edmund Hatch Bennett, Franklin Fiske Heard - 1857 - 642 sider
...a case of murder, and the presiding judge declined to instruct the jury, at the prisoner's request, that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the facts. Upon a bill of exceptions the question was fully argued, and the Supreme Court said : " We had considered... | |
 | John Leander Bishop - 1861 - 668 sider
...printing, and that the Coart were judges of its tendency. Against this, Bradford strenuously contended that the jury were judges "of the law as well as of the fact," in which opinion some of the jurors coincided. The Attorney, also, pleaded against him a... | |
 | John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young - 1864 - 758 sider
...printing, and that the Court were judges of its tendency. Against this, Bradford strenuously contended that the jury were judges "of the law as well as of the fact," iu which opinion some of the jurors coincided. The Attorney, also, pleaded against him a... | |
 | John Leander Bishop, Edwin Troxell Freedley, Edward Young - 1866 - 649 sider
...printing, and that the Court were judges of its tendency. Against this, Bradford strenuously contended that the jury were judges "of the law as well as of the fact," in which opinion some of the jurors coincided. The Attorney, also, pleaded against him a... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1883 - 1288 sider
...merely to give advice to the jury in matters of law. The court instructed the jury, that the position that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the fact, as contended for by the defendants' counsel, was not correct, to the extent of the general... | |
 | United States. Supreme Court - 1887 - 668 sider
...merely to give advice to the jury in matters of law. The court instructed the jury, that the position that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the fact, as contended for by the defendants' counsel, was not correct, to the extent of the general... | |
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The court instructed the jury, that the position that the jury were judges of the law as well as of the fact... 
