| New Jersey. Supreme Court - 1921 - 664 էջ
...repetition, may well be condensed into the following: "Reasonable doubt is not a mere possible doubt. It is that state of the case which, after the entire...consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction to a moral certainty... | |
| 1880 - 820 էջ
...every reasonable donbt. But this doubt must not be a mere whim or caprice. It has been defined to be " that state of the case which, after the entire comparison...to a moral certainty of the truth of the charge." In other words, proof beyond reasonable doubt is that which " establishes the truth of a fact to a... | |
| Arkansas. Supreme Court - 1876 - 738 էջ
...relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt It is that state of the case which, after the entire...consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jury in that condition that they 4 feel an abiding conviction to a moral certainty of the truth... | |
| Alabama. Supreme Court - 1878 - 738 էջ
...the case, which, after the entire consideration and comparison, leaves the minds of the jury in such condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction to a moral certainty of the charge. The defendant insists, that he cannot be rightfully convicted, because he did not intend to... | |
| John White Webster, George Bemis - 1850 - 670 էջ
...relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire...to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge. The burden of proof is upon the prosecutor. All the presumptions of law independent of evidence are... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1909 - 796 էջ
...in a verdict of not guilty, and by a reasonable doubt I do not mean mere possible doubt, but I mean that state of the case which, after the entire comparison...consideration of all the evidence, leaves the minds of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say they feel an abiding conviction to a moral certainty... | |
| Michigan. Supreme Court, Randolph Manning, George C. Gibbs, Thomas McIntyre Cooley, Elijah W. Meddaugh, William Jennison, Hovey K. Clarke, Hoyt Post, Henry Allen Chaney, William Dudley Fuller, John Adams Brooks, Marquis B. Eaton, Herschel Bouton Lazell, James M. Reasoner, Richard W. Cooper - 1919 - 808 էջ
...consideration of all of the evidence in the case, in that condition that you cannot say that you have an abiding conviction to a moral certainty of the truth of the charge here made against this respondent." The court said to the jury in part as follows: "Another rule is... | |
| Simon Greenleaf - 1853 - 636 էջ
...relating to. human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire...to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge. The burden of proof is upon the prosecutor. All the presumptions of law independent of evidence are... | |
| Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - 1853 - 702 էջ
...relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after the entire...to a moral certainty, of the truth of the charge. The burden of proof is upon the prosecutor. All the presumptions of law independent of evidence are... | |
| Georgia. Supreme Court - 1861 - 822 էջ
...that the prisoner is guilty of the crime charged, they must acquit him: that this reasonable doubt is that state of the case which, after the entire...and consideration of all the evidence, leaves the mind of the jurors in that condition that they cannot say that they feel an abiding conviction to a... | |
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