 | United States. Circuit Court (3rd Circuit), Bushrod Washington - 1827 - 672 էջ
...be left to decide, whether these circumstances are proved by credible testimony. Probable cause, is a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances...strong in themselves, to warrant a cautious man in believing that the accused was guilty. The declaration stated, the writ on which the plaintiff was... | |
 | 1834 - 438 էջ
...understand the term probable cause, to mean, " a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by facts sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious...the belief that the person accused, is guilty of the offence of which he is charged." An innocent man may become an object of suspicion and of a prosecution... | |
 | Thomas Isaac Wharton - 1843 - 870 էջ
...Prius, 2 Br. App. 69. S3. Probable cause is a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by dicamstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious...the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offence with which he is charged. Munns v. Dupont <§• al. nt supra. 34. Any prosecution carried... | |
 | Oliver Lorenzo Barbour, New York (State). Supreme Court - 1850 - 712 էջ
...warrant. But good faith merely is not sufficient to protect the defendant from liability. There must be a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances...themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the plaintiff was guilty of the crime with which he was charged, to make out such a probable cause as will... | |
 | 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 - 1917 - 806 էջ
...this question, it is necessary to bear in mind that to constitute probable cause there must be such a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves, to war110 189 MICHIGAN REPORTS. [Dec. rant an ordinarily cautious person in believing that the person... | |
 | Rollin Carlos Hurd - 1858 - 714 էջ
...stated, that " no warrants shall issue but on probable cause," &c. Probable cause has been defined to be, "A reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances...the belief, that the person accused is guilty of the offence with which he is charged." Muns v. Dupont, 3 Wash. C. C., 31. This must be made out by proof... | |
 | New York (State). Court of Common Pleas (City and County of New York) - 1860 - 662 էջ
...nor the clerk of the defendant. Where an offence has in fact been committed, probable cause would be a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances...the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offence with which he is charged ; but this rule does not apply where no offence has in fact been committed.... | |
 | Richard Peters - 1860 - 792 էջ
...testimony. Mans v. Dupont et al., 3 Wash. С. С. R. 31. 9. Probable cause is a reasonable ground for suspicion, supported by circumstances, sufficiently...strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in believing that the accused is guilty. Ibid. 10. Where goods have been purchased to be paid for on delivery,... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1862 - 606 էջ
...probable cause is defined to be a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances suff'ciently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious .man in...accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged. If the jury believe, from the evidence in this case, that the defendants fully and fairly... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - 1870 - 634 էջ
...PROSECUTION, 3,4 MALICIOUS PROSECUTION. PROBABLE CAUSE. 1. Defined. Probable cause is defined to be a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circumstances...themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the accused is guilty of the offense charged. Chapman v. Cawrey, 512. 2. What constitutes probable cause.... | |
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Probable cause" has been defined as a reasonable ground of suspicion supported by circumstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense with which he is charged. 
