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words were ambiguous, purl the meaning to be
guessed at by profess of reasoning, that they
ought to be charged by way of inuendo.
Mr. Justice BAYLEY 'observed, that was ground
to intone an arrest of judgment. - •
Mona* said, that if he were to move an
arrest of judgment, it must be as against the ge-
reral verdict of guilty. and he might be then told
that the verdict was good as concerning the troops,
nut if either were proved, it was sufficient to eupport
:he verdict of gushy ; yet it was very possible the
:ory might hair IseenitsiloCed tlisit verdict
on the words stated by the Learned Judge, which
he nowt contend therefore ought to have had an
i•inerido. The reason of the general rule that where
vrt,rds are equivocal they moat be charged in the
iodietmetst by way of inuendo. war, that the De-
teedant might know precisely what is charged
against him, or else, from the extraordinary gene.
rainy of the charge, • Defendant might only learn
what the charge against him was for the first
time by th.s charge of the Judge to the Jury.
Mr. Denman then proceeded :—The second
point-on which he had to observe was as to evidence
trudered and rejected, the facts of which were not
rejected; he alluded to the passage in which were
the words " Bloody Neroa." O.t this his Lord-
ship had asked the Jury, " Was this fair reasoning
or discussion ?" and his Lordship added, that uo-
thing they had heard or read of could excuse such
intemperate language. These were the two points
which he had to submit in addition for their Lord-
ships' consideration, and he thanked them for the
opportunity which had been afforded him of do-

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rug it.
Chief Justice Assore said, that as they had no
clouht on what had beer► submitted to them, the
best course would be at once to dispose of it. On
looking to the information, it appeared that there
was an another inuendo besides the one which had
been mentioned. This was at the second place
where the troops were mentioned, in which it was
not said the troops generally, but the said troops—
rimming thereby the troops before mentioned. But
CO inuendo was not necessary to explain gene-
ral matter; it was only particular facts which re-
quired it. His Learned Brother had told the Jury,
aod had properly told them, that they were to look
to the whole riper. It was 110 groodn for • slew
trial. if he had made a particular observation on a
particular fact, more strongly than on a slice in.
vastigation it should appear to deserve; though he
did not mean to say, that the remark which hall
been been made was too strong. If it were ground
foi, • new trial, that a remark bad been made
stronger than the evidesice would, on a slice scru-
tiny, seem to warrant, then it would alio be good
ground for a new trial if any observation had been
mole too weakly, or motored entirely by the Learn-
ed Judge at the trial. His Lordship said, that it
was impossible to contend but that his Learned
Brother had fairly drawn the inferences winch lie
had drawn from the words stated ; therefore the ota•
Creations which he had made to the. Jury were
quite warrantable.
Mr. Justice •BATLEY said, that whine the ex-
pressions were intelligible an inuendo was nut ne-
cessary, and if the expressions were not intelli-
g;hle, and the inuendo was omitted, it was good
ground for moving an arrest of judgment. As to
the observations made by his Learned Brother on
the words •' reign of terror." &c. he thought them
properly applied to that specific Inmost! ' . The
paper stated there had been •• blood shed, and the
reign of terror," &c. ; and so there had, and that
bloodshed must he sanctioned. or it must be un-
sanctioned, by the Government; the term, there-
fore, which followed. '4 reign," seemed to him to
apply to the Government of the country.
Mr. Justice Hot.notro agreed in all that had
been said by the Lord Chief Justice. The words
spoken of King James and the troops are perfectly
clear. and conic within the authority of the case of
the Kieig a. Horne.
Mr. Justice Bur said. that u he was the Judge
who had tried the cause he was desirous of hearing
the opinion■ of his Learned Brothers before lie
tooted his own. He entirely agreed with his Learned
Brothers. As to that part of the case relative to
the remarks he had wade to the Jury, tie bad put
it to them, that they were to take the whole paper.
and to say from that whether it was of and con-
cerning the govemateut end the troops of our Lo►d
the King. He thought he bad not told the Jury
to infer the government of the country was meant
by the words " horoughmongering faction." He
thought then and still it was more particularly to be
inferred frcm the rather expression, .1 the reign of
terror," &c. The case of the King a. Hurtle
bad settled that when troops ■re spoken of
the troops of the King are meant. It had
been said that he had assumed the libel to
lie false. It wits a difficult task fur • Judge, having
certain opinions of hie own Go subjects like the pre-
' sent, when • paper, such as that charged its the in.
ferafilliall. was brought before him, to confine
himself within the strict line of his duty, but he
thought on that occasion be did so conflue himself.
In all he had said to the Joey he bad endeavoured
to found Isis observations on the statements of the
record. Bust whether the libel be true or false, it
was pot fitting in the Defendant. • man of husk
and ineuruce, instordiatelyoss reading a newspaper
account to sit duvro and write such a dreadful and
alarming coinnieot on it. He thought
the circum-
stance of truth or falsehood had nothiug to do with
the question of row! ; the great thing to consider
was the mentor with «loch such questions were dm-
cu-sad. Wise it a tessouing, iiiiispassiouute, a tenet
rrate padres* to the. judgment ?..or was it out
rather si appeal to the psesioce; .and addressed
to the lower orders of the consuitanity. and particu-
larly to the body, of emu that never
weight to deliberate.
C.sizas Jurrics—al I think it right to add, that
it appears to me that all which my brother Beet
said, did, or thought was perfectly unexceptionable;
orio.as minty Gesstletnets of the Bee are 'mescal, 1
will just observe, that the great fault of modern
Isleadtug is the is►troduetiow of too osaoriammadas.

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we& es mach copperas as .01 tire it a deer lel•
le. hue.