 | 1827 - 530 sider
...matter in issue, " it is DECLARED and enacted, that on every such trial, the Jury sworn to try the issue may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty...indictment or information ; and shall not be required by the court or judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication by such defendant... | |
 | William Dickinson - 1829 - 764 sider
...enacted, that in all trials for libel on an issue joined between the King and the defendant, " the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue ; and shall not be required or directed by the Court to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - 1830 - 474 sider
...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... | |
 | Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, James Manning, Archer Ryland - 1831 - 816 sider
...act, (32 Geo. 3, c. 6O,) a that upon the trial of an indictment or information for a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and shall not be required or directed by the Court to find the defendant guilty merely on the proof... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1831 - 972 sider
...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 - 1834 - 518 sider
...that on every trial of an indictment or information for a libel, upon the plea of not guilty, 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 judge to find the defendant guilty merely on... | |
 | Thomas Edlyne Tomlins - 1835 - 862 sider
...Irish act 33 Geo. 3. c. 43.) which enacted, that on trials of indictment for libel, the jury might on behalf in issue ; and though, perhaps, the act is not drawn in the most intelligible and consistent manner,... | |
 | Tracts - 1836 - 506 sider
...of opinion that the composition is not libellous. By the Libel Act of 32. Geo. 3. c. 60. " the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed to find the defendant guilty,... | |
 | William Blackstone - 1836 - 704 sider
...And it declares and enacts, that on every trial of an indictment or information for a libel, 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 judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on... | |
 | Richard Burn - 1836 - 1178 sider
...to the same in such indictment or information." § 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... | |
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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... 
