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Lords Decide Juries Are Judges Of Law And Fact
In a long session the Lords and Commons affirm the libel bill, with Lord Loughborough leading against judges directing juries, and Lord Kenyon and Grenville supporting. The bill asserts juries decide both law and fact, overturning earlier views and marking a constitutional shift.
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Marquis Landown
Lord ‘Camden
Lord Kenyon
Fharlow
King’s ‘Bench
Larfdoun
Senate
Lord Lauderdale
Lord Porchester
Lord Camden
Lord Mansfield
King’s Bench
Lord Loughborough
Lord Stanhope
Hicks's Hall
Hicks’s Hall
Middlesex
Middlesex Justices of the Peace
Justice Hyde
Lord Grenville
Lords
Commons
M.A. Faylor
Oyer and Terminer
Griffith
Islington
Lewknor
Mount Edgcombe
Plymouth
Botany Bay