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" ENACTED, 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 in issue... "
An Inquiry Into the Power of Juries to Decide Incidentally on Questions of Law - Page 48
by George Worthington - 1840 - 62 pages
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The Constitution of England: Or, An Account of the English Government; in ...

Jean Louis de Lolme - Constitutional history - 1816 - 602 pages
...on every trial for a libel, a jury might give a verdict upon the whole matter in issue, and should not be required or directed by the judge to find the defendant guilty, merely on a proof of the publication of the alleged libel, and of the sense ascribed to it in the record. EDIT.]...
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Annals of the Reign of King George the Third: From Its ..., Volume 1

John Aikin - Great Britain - 1816 - 540 pages
...opposition. A bill declaratory of the rights of juries in matter of libel, namely, that they are empowered to give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put to issue, which had been introduced by Mr. Fox in the last session, but postponed, was again brought...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 14

Thomas Bayly Howell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1816 - 714 pages
...declaratory statute 32 Geo. 3, c. 60, has fully established the right of juries in such cases to « 2 ؂ L :ew} ᝸pͮl ` S ~Վ s庝 T" q wg yf ' L a 6 x /x2 to issue on the in' dictment or information.' This statute originated in the House of Commons, where...
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Term Reports in the Court of King's Bench, Part 185, Volume 3

Great Britain. Court of King's Bench, Charles Durnford - Law reports, digests, etc - 1817 - 860 pages
...Geo. 3. c. 60. it is declared and enacted, that on the trial of an indictment oj information for a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty...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 the defendant...
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An Abridgment of the Law of Nisi Prius...

William Selwyn - Nisi prius - 1817 - 776 pages
...verdict upon the whole matter in issue, it was by stat. 3-2 Geo. 3. c. GO. enacted and declared, that the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not...issue, and shall not be required or directed by the court to find the defendant guilty, merely on the proof of the publication, and of the sense ascribed...
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An Introduction to the Law, Relative to Trials at Nisi Prius

Francis Buller - Actions and defenses - 1817 - 684 pages
...proved, yet if the damages recovered are under 40s. there shall tionfor the making and publishing a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty...not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and »ball not be directed by the judge to find defendant guilty, merely on proof of the publication of...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

Trials - 1817 - 650 pages
...assembled, and by the authority of the same, 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 in issue upon such indie t* War ;n : See his case in this Collection, AD liW,post. X * House.' 30 GEORGE III....
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Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, Volume 5

Great Britain - 1804 - 510 pages
...of Juries in Ca?esof Libel." This statute enacts and declares, that on every trial for this offence, the Jury may give a general verdict, of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter, and shall not be required to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of publication, b'j( may enter...
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A Complete Collection of State Trials and Proceedings for High ..., Volume 22

Trials - 1817 - 650 pages
...libel, itisemtcted, "Thatonevery such trial, the jury sworn to try the issue, may give a general vertuet of Guilty, or Not Guilty upon the whole matter put in issue," &c.* Now, gentlemen, what is the matter put in issue? Why it is that the defendant is the publisher...
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The Political State of the British Empire: Containing a General ..., Volume 2

John Adolphus - Great Britain - 1818 - 762 pages
...cafes of libels." 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 iffuc, and {hall not be required or directed by the judge, to find the defendant guilty, merely...
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