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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 of a libel but such a one as is in<lb/>compatible with liberty in manner above mentioned<del>by</del> Jury <unclear>still more clearly</unclear>at liberty in point of conscience and it is <unclear>still</unclear>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 a libel an offence, and in consequence in the case of every such <gap/>a verdict of not guilty. <p>If <gap/> it be the opinion of a Jury<lb/>man, as it is mine, that there | 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 of a libel but such a one as is in<lb/>compatible with liberty in manner above mentioned<del>by</del> Jury <unclear>still more clearly</unclear>at liberty in point of conscience and it is <unclear>still</unclear>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 a libel an offence, and in consequence in the case of every such <gap/>a verdict of not guilty. <p>If <gap/> it be the opinion of a Jury<lb/>man, as it is mine, that there exists 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 join in finding a special verdict.</p><p>If it be his opinion that there<gap/> laws or rule of law, but that law or rule of law is incompatible with the opinion of politi<lb/>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 of a libel but such a one as is in
compatible with liberty in manner above mentionedby Jury still more clearlyat liberty in point of conscience and it is stillmore clearly thus Duty as well as interest to act as if there were no more law complementing the publication of a libel making a libel an offence, and in consequence in the case of every such a verdict of not guilty.
If it be the opinion of a Jury
man, as it is mine, that there exists 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 join in finding a special verdict.
If it be his opinion that there laws or rule of law, but that law or rule of law is incompatible with the opinion of politi
cal
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jeremy bentham |
[[watermarks::floyd & co [britannia with shield emblem]]] |
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