 | Thomas McIntyre Cooley - 1868 - 776 Seiten
...respecting the functions of juries in cases of libel," and it declared and enacted that the jury might give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment or information, arid should not be required or directed by the court... | |
 | South Carolina. Constitutional Convention - 1868 - 930 Seiten
...the right to determine the law and facts, or in other words, the jury sworn to try the case, might give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty, upon the whole matter put in issue, and should not be required or directed by the Court or Judge before whom such case should... | |
 | Thomas Erskine Baron Erskine - 1870 - 514 Seiten
...it therefore declared and enacted, by, &c., 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 on such indictment or information; ami shall not be required or directed by the Court... | |
 | Charles Knight - 1870 - 1038 Seiten
...improvement of the law known as Mr. Fox's Libel Bill, by which was established the right of juries to give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter put in issue upon the indictment. This Bill had been lost in the previous Session through the opposition... | |
 | John Innes Clark Hare - 1871 - 952 Seiten
...(4) Commonwealth v. Snellinz, 15 Pickering, 331, 335. ing as other criminal cases, and enacted that the jury may give a general verdict of guilty, or not guilty, upon the whole matter in issue, and shall not be directed by the court to find the defendant guilty, merely on proof of the... | |
 | Great Britain - 1872 - 680 Seiten
...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 indictment or information, and shall not be required or directed by the court... | |
 | British Columbia - 1891 - 598 Seiten
...be dilibel, on the plea of not guilty pleaded, the jury sworn to try the issue verdict of guilty" on may give a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole tne mere Proof °f the J ° •- , , , . , publication and of matter put in issue in such action, and... | |
 | Eva March Tappan - 1914 - 714 Seiten
...Representative institutions granted Canada. 1792, June. Fox's libel bill, which gave the jury power to render a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, received the royal assent. 1793, Jan. Alien bill. Traitorous correspondence bill. 1793, Feb.... | |
 | 1892 - 546 Seiten
...c. 60) was carried. It enacted — (i) that on the trial of an indictment or information for 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 or Judge to find the defendant guilty... | |
 | Carl Ploetz - 1915 - 738 Seiten
...Representative institutions granted Canada. 1792, June. Fox's libel bill, which gave the jury power to render a general verdict of guilty or not guilty upon the whole matter in issue, received the royal assent. 1793, Jan. Alien bill. Traitorous correspondence bill. 1793, Feb.... | |
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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... 
