| New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 664 pages
...case, cited with approval by this court in Donnelly v. State-, 26 Id. 601 (at p. 615), as follows: "It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything 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,... | |
| Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1871 - 472 pages
...him guilty, although the testimony is but circumstantial. The term ' reasonable doubt,' does not mean a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. A reasonable doubt is that state of... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 972 pages
...cited with approval by this court In Donnelly v. State, 26 N. J. Law, 601, at page 615, as follows: "It is not a mere possible doubt; because everything relating to human affairs, and depending on moral evidence, is open to some possible or imaginary doubt. It ¡в that state of the case which,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1913 - 1140 pages
...-reasonable doubt. [13] Reasonable doubt Is an expression rather well understood, but not easily defined. It is not a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs is open to some possible, Imaginary i or speculative doubt. It is a real and substantial doubt, founded... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1134 pages
...doubt in the minds of the Jury. A reasonable doubt, however, does not Import in contemplation of law a mere possible doubt, because everything 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,... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1891 - 972 pages
...the evidence in the case. " The court charged the jury, on the request of the solicitor, as follows: "The doubt which requires an acquittal must be actual...speculation. It is not a mere possible doubt, because every thing relating to human affairs and depending upon moral evidence is open to some possible or... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 1138 pages
..."(9) The court charges the Jury that a reasonable doubt must be an actual and substantial doubt, not a mere possibility or speculation. It Is not a mere...to human affairs and depending upon moral evidence U open to some possible or Imaginary doubt. "(10) The court charges the Jury that in whatever form... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1895 - 1060 pages
...means of escape, and the defendant must not have been the aggressor." (3) "A doubt to acquit defendant must be actual and substantial, not mere possibility or speculation. It is not a mere possibility or possible doubt because everything relating to human affairs, and depending upon moral... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 1076 pages
...doubt is one conformable to reason, a doubt which a reasonable man would entertain. It does not mean a mere possible doubt, because everything relating to human affairs and depending on moral evidence is open to some possible imaginary doubt. It is that state of the case, which, after... | |
| Abraham Clark Freeman - Law reports, digests, etc - 1896 - 1066 pages
...38 Mich. 482, 483; United States v. Jones, 31 Fed. Rep. 718, 724. The doubt to acquit the defendant must be actual and substantial, not mere possibility or speculation. It is not a mere possible donbt because everything relating to human affairs, and depending upon moral evidence, is open to some... | |
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