...years." Section 3: "... it shall be lawful for the defendant ... to give in evidence in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." 3 Abrams v. United States, 250 US 616, 630. * United States v. Smith, 173 F. 227. In discharging the...

...defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel ; and the jury fliall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cafes/' as in and by the faid act, commonly called the /edition law, to/which this refpondent begs...

...ihaJU be lawful for the defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evi<k}icetinlua defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication...under the direction of the court, as in other cases. " Sec. 4. Jinn" be if further enacted', Thatthis act shall continue and be in force until the third...

...in evidence. And in all indictments fot libels, the jurv shall h:ive the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. 19 SCHEDULE. Sect. 1. That no inconveniences may arise from the change of a territorial to a permanent...

...writing or publication determine charged as a libel; and the jury who shall try the cause iawe™an* shall have a right to determine the law and the fact, under f»ct- the direction of the court, as in other cases. Jin act prescribing the pay of the Senators....

...in his defence, the. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." Nothing could probably proclaim more distinctly the intrin» sic moral principles, of the party, than...

...in his defence, thf. truth of the matter contained in the publication charged as a libel — while the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the eourt, as in other cases." Nothing could probably proclaim more distinctly the intrinsic moral principles,...

...evidence in his defence the truth of the matter contained in the publication cliarged as a libel; »nd the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...under the direction of the court, as in other cases." But, under this new sedition law, which the President revives and promulgates in his cabinet paper,...

...facts alleged may be given in evidence on the general issue. And the jury shall have the same right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. On the question, Will the convention agree to the postponement for the aforesaid purpose ? The yeas...

...the truth of the matter contained in the publication* charged as a libel, and that the jury should have a right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction ofthe Court, as in other cases — The Constitutions of Connecticut and Mississippi, provide that in...