The  fiu^ts  whether  the  printing  SsA  nublishtng
was  done  malidously  «id  whether  me  writing
containeil  libelloas  matter,  were  at  that  time
eneoemtslv  held  to  be  matters  of  law,  com*
patent  only  to  the  Court;  and  accordingly
nothing  more  was,  or  couM  be  charged
against  Woodfall,  but  printing  and  publishmg
the  paper  sien^  Junius.  Lord  Mansfield
accordingly  observes,  '  guilty  of  printing  and

*  publishmg  where  there  is  no  other  charge,  is

*  guilty,  for  nothing  more  is  to  be  found  by  the


'  is  no  char£e  except  for  pnnting  and  pub-
'  lishtng.**  His  lordship  therefore  properly  ob-


I,  that  had  the  word  tmly  been  omitted,
there  would  have  been  no  doubt;  and  it
seems  to  have  been  his  lordship's  opinion,
and  indeed  he  expresses  it,  that  if  by  using
the  word  **  only,''  they  meant "  to  say  they  did
not  find  it  a  libel,''  or  ^  did  not  find  the  epi-
thets, or  did  not  find  any  express  malicious
intent,  it  would  not  affiect  tne  verdict,  be-
cause ttoae  of  these  thing*  were  to  be  pcoved,
or  found  eitber  way/'f  As  the  law  was  then
iinderstood^  all  this  was  perfectlv  well-
founded,  bccaiHO  if  the  jury  fouud  the  only

Ami.  Vol.  SO,  pp.  919, 990.
t  Vol.  t%  p.  920.
