 | William Sullivan - 1834 - 398 strani
...in the provision therein contained, that it should be lawful for the defendant to give in evidence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and that the jury should have the right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the... | |
 | William Sullivan - 1834 - 490 strani
...the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and that the jury should have the right to determine the law, and the fact, under the direction of the court. There can be no stronger proof of the delusion which prevailed, than is found in the clamor against... | |
 | Horace Binney - 1834 - 172 strani
...cause, to give in evi" dence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publica" tion charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause shall t, or to bring them, or either of them, into contempt or disre'^'pute ; or to excite against tne'm,'... | |
 | Esek Cowen, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1837 - 826 strani
...cause, were put at rest by the act of April 6th, 1805, (sess. 28, ch, 90,) which declared that the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under tht direction of the court; and that it shall be lawful to give ALBANY, the truth in evidence, provided... | |
 | 1838 - 514 strani
...more than two years. On the trial, the defendant was, by the same law, allowed to give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained...in the publication charged as a libel, and the jury were to decide on both the facts and law. This law was limited in its continuance to the 3d of March,... | |
 | Texas - 1838 - 1142 strani
...prosecuted for writirg or publishing any libel, shall be allowed upon the trial, to give in evidence, . in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as libellous. SEC. 31. Every person convicted of writing or publishing a libel, to he fined in such sum,... | |
 | Theodore Dwight - 1839 - 384 strani
...upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of the matter con* tained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury...under the direction of the court as in other cases." Mr. Jefferson's opinion of this act, as well as of the alien law, has already been cited. But in a... | |
 | United States - 1840 - 864 strani
...defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, (lie truth of the mailer contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the cause, shall have a righl lo determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in olher cases. § 4.... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 616 strani
...aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in bis defence; the truth of the matter contained in the...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." • It is only for the sake of the truth, said they who favored the passage of that law — for the... | |
 | Henry Clay - 1843 - 618 strani
...lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of tl __ _. . . __ of the publighcause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." It is only for the sake of the truth, said they who favored the passage of that law—for the sake... | |
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That if any person shall be prosecuted under this act, for the writing or publishing any libel aforesaid, it shall be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication... 
