 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - Freedom of the press - 1810 - 412 pages
...matter in issue : Be it therefore *f' declared and enacted, by, &c. That on every such trial the Jury " sworn to try the issue, may give a general verdict...Guilty or "*' Not guilty, upon the whole matter put to issue on such indict" ment or information i— and shall not be required or directed " by the Court... | |
 | Isaac 'Espinasse - Actions and defenses - 1812 - 350 pages
...32 G to. 3. с. бо. " That on «very trial of an indictment or information for a libel, the jury may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the cr in iflue, and (hall not be required or directed by the court or judge before whom fuch indioment... | |
 | Great Britain. Parliament - Great Britain - 1812 - 668 pages
...respecting the functions of Juries in cases of Libel," which Act directs, that " on every such trial, I he Court or judge before whom such indictment or information shall be tried, shall, according to his or their discretion, give their or his opinion and directions to the Jury in... | |
 | James Ridgway - Freedom of the press - 1813 - 416 pages
...matter in issue: Be it therefore " declared and enacted, by, &c. That on every such trial the Jury " sworn to try the issue, may give a general verdict...Guilty or '' Not guilty, upon the whole matter put to issue on such indict" meat or information ;—and shall: not be required or directed " by the Court... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Libel and slander - 1813 - 710 pages
...upon the whole matter in issue; and it is then 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 upon the whole matter put to issue upon such indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the Court before... | |
 | Thomas Starkie - Criminal procedure - 1814 - 378 pages
...indictment or information for the making or publishing of any libel, it shall be competent to 1 he jury to give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue, and that the jury shall not be required or directed by the court to find the defendant guilty merely... | |
 | Charles James Fox - Great Britain - 1815 - 516 pages
...vol. viii. p. 36.) has fully established the right of juries in criminal prosecutions for libels, to give ' a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information.' This statute originated 1n the House of Commons, where the motion for... | |
 | John Aikin - Biography - 1815 - 506 pages
...in an attempt to improve the law of libel, by an act declaratory of the right of a jury to bring in a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put to issue on an indictment or information for libel, without being required to regard the proof of the... | |
 | Trials - 1816 - 748 pages
...that on the 9ih of January last, he went * It is now by Statute 32 G. 3, c. 60, settled, that the jury may give a general verdict of Guilty or Not Guilty upon the whole matter put to issue on the indictment or information. See vol. 8, p. 36. As to the contests which had arisen respecting... | |
 | 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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... 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... 
