...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...under the direction of the court, as in other cases.' . " Where is the security against such conduct on the part of the president? Where the boundary to...

...in evidence ; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases SEc. 25. Any person who shull, after the adoption of this constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept...

...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...

...points were definitively settled : 1. That on every indictment for a libel, the jury has the right to determine the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, in like manner as in other criminal cnses, and shall not be required by the court to find the defendant...

...given in evidence; and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. § 110. The constitution of the state of Illinois provides the legislative power shall be vested in...

...in evidence ; and, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other eases. MICHIGAN. MICHIGAN was settled by the French as early as 1650. In 1763 it was ceded to England,...

...the court, as in other criminal cases ; and that the defendant upon the trial might give in evidence, in his defence, the truth of the matter contained in the publication. The act as to the former part of it, was taken from the English statute of 32 Geo. 3. c. 60. See also...

...power of the United States. ****** " The statute on which the traverser is indicted, enacts that ' the jury who shall try the cause shall have a right...under the direction of the court as in other cases.' By this provision I understand that a riglu is given to the jury to determine what the law is in the...

...given in evidence, and in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have the right of determining both the law and the fact, under the direction of the court, as in other cases. § 25. Any person who shall, after the adoption of this constitution, fight a duel, or send or accept a challenge fur that purpose,...

...defendant, upon the trial of the cause, to give in evidence in his defence the truth of tho аачег contained in the publication charged as a libel. And the jury who shall try the «им, shall have a right to determine die law and the fact, under the direction of the court, »s...