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If, for argument | If, for argument sake it be uncertain whether the case is that there is no legal definition of a libel, or whether the case is that there is a legal definition but such a one as is in—compatible with liberty in <gap/> above mentioned<del>by</del> Jury in manner above<gap/> at liberty in point of conscience and it is <gap/> more clearly thus Duty as well as interest to act as if there were no <del>more</del> law <add>complementing the publication of a libel</add> making libel an offence, and in consequence in the <unclear>care</unclear> of every <gap/> a verdict of not guilty. <p>If <gap/> it be the opinion of a Jury—man, as it is mine, that there <gap/> nothing on this subject which is entitled to this <add>appellation</add> denomination of a law or rule of law, he may <add>not only</add> without any breach of his oath join in every <gap/>in giving a verdict of not guilty, <add>but</add> and he is bound by his oath to do so, or to <gap/> in finding an official verdict.</p><p>If it be his opinion that there<gap/> or rule of law, but that law or rule of law is incompatible with the opinion of politi<!-- cal --></p> | ||
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If, for argument sake it be uncertain whether the case is that there is no legal definition of a libel, or whether the case is that there is a legal definition but such a one as is in—compatible with liberty in above mentionedby Jury in manner above at liberty in point of conscience and it is more clearly thus Duty as well as interest to act as if there were no more law complementing the publication of a libel making libel an offence, and in consequence in the care of every a verdict of not guilty.
If it be the opinion of a Jury—man, as it is mine, that there nothing on this subject which is entitled to this appellation denomination of a law or rule of law, he may not only without any breach of his oath join in every in giving a verdict of not guilty, but and he is bound by his oath to do so, or to in finding an official verdict.
If it be his opinion that there or rule of law, but that law or rule of law is incompatible with the opinion of politi
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constitutional code; evidence; procedure code |
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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arthur young |
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