By satisfactory evidence, which is sometimes called sufficient evidence, is intended that amount of proof which ordinarily satisfies an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be... The Federal Reporter - Página 4581903Visualização integral - Acerca deste livro
| Thomas Johnson Michie - 1915 - 732 páginas
...satisfies an unprejudiced mind, beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof, can never be previously defined; the only...to convince him that he would venture to act upon the conviction, in matters of the highest concern and importance to his own interest." Hopper v. Ashley,... | |
| John Davison Lawson - 1915 - 946 páginas
...the guilt of the accused, and, as has been well observed, unless he be so convinced by the evidence that he would venture to act upon that conviction...highest concern and importance to his own interest ; and in no case, as it seems, ought the force of circumstantial evidence, where it is adequate to... | |
| John Davison Lawson - 1915 - 932 páginas
...reasonable doubt as to the guilt of the accused. And as has well been said, unless he be so convinced as that he would venture to act upon that conviction in matters of the highest concern to his own interest. ' ' It must be such a certainty, then, gentlemen, that you would not hesitate... | |
| Henry Campbell Black - 1916 - 974 páginas
...find the following language : "The proof must be satisfactory. It should be so strong and cogent as to satisfy the mind and conscience of a common man,...highest concern and importance to his own interest. It need not possess such a degree of force as to be irresistible, but there must be evidence of tangible... | |
| Charles K. Morganroth - 1918 - 462 páginas
...language of Mr. Starkie, that the juror ought not to condemn unless he is so convinced by the evidence that he would venture to act upon that conviction...highest concern and importance to his own interest? Here we have a concise statement of what is implied in the term which brings it clearly to the comprehension... | |
| North Carolina. Supreme Court - 1922 - 1148 páginas
...satisfies an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined; the only...highest concern and importance to his own interest. Questions respecting the competency and admissibility of evidence are entirely distinct from those... | |
| 1893 - 1052 páginas
...satisfies an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined. The only...highest concern and Importance to his own interest." This definition is more favorable to complainant than any that counsel produced or the court has found.... | |
| 1926 - 666 páginas
...satisfied an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined. The only...highest concern and importance to his own interest. (1 Greenleaf, Evidence, Sec. 2.) Observing the above meaning of the word "satisfactory," the board... | |
| Burr W. Jones, James Max Henderson - 1926 - 944 páginas
...mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never he previously defined; the only legal test of which they...highest concern and importance to his own interest. Questions respecting the competency and admissibility of evidence are entirely distinct from thpse... | |
| 1926 - 420 páginas
...satisfies an unprejudiced mind beyond reasonable doubt. The circumstances which will amount to this degree of proof can never be previously defined ; the only...sufficiency to satisfy the mind and conscience of an ordinary man; and so to convince him, that he would venture to act upon that conviction in matters... | |
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