| Booksellers and bookselling - 1800 - 306 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury (hall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cafes. SECT. 9. That the people (hall be fecure in their perfons. houfes, papers and pofleffions from... | |
| Constitutions - 1804 - 372 pages
...truth thereof may be given in evidence. — And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the Court, as in other cases. VIII. That the People shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
| James Wilson, Bird Wilson - Law - 1804 - 456 pages
...opinion, to the true principles of the common law : " in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court, as in other cases." a The punishment of a libel is a fine, or a fifte and corporal punishment. r p Vol. 2. p. 336. et seq.... | |
| Edward Shippen, William Hamilton - Impeachments - 1805 - 590 pages
...truth thereof may be given in evidence : And, in all indiflments for libels, the jury fliall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the Court, aa in other cafes." SEcT. 8. " That the people fha'lbs fecure in their per fons,ho-ifes,papers & poflefiion5,from... | |
| 1805 - 596 pages
...given in evidence i And, in all indictments for libels, the jury (hall have a right to determine '.he law and the facts, under the direction of the Court, as in other cafes." SECT. 8. "That the people (hall be feeure in their perfons.hoiu fes, papers & poffeffions,from... | |
| Charles Britten Johnson - Pennsylvania - 1819 - 190 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence: And, in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of tne court, as in other cases. SECT. VIII. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses,... | |
| United States. Congress. House - United States - 1820 - 490 pages
...That, in all prosecutions for libels, the truth thereof may be given in evidence, and the jury may determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the court. 17. That no ex-post facto law, nor law impairing the obligation of contracts, or retrospective in its... | |
| Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 538 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments. for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts under the direction of the court as in other cases. "9th. That the people shall be secure in their persons,, houses, papers and possessions, from unreasonable... | |
| Humphrey Marshall - Kentucky - 1824 - 540 pages
...the truth thereof may be given in evidence. And in all indictments for libels, the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, under the direction of the tourt, as in other cases. "9. That the people shall be secure in their persons, houses, papers and... | |
| Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania. Constitutional Convention - Constitutional conventions - 1825 - 400 pages
...of the facts may be given in evidence ;• and in all prosecutions for libels the jury shall have a right to determine the law and the facts, 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... | |
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