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" 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, after the entire comparison and consideration of all the... "
Criminal Law Reports: Being Reports of Cases Determined in the Federal and ... - Page 399
by Nicholas St. John Green - 1879
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court And ..., Volume 94

New Jersey. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1921 - 664 pages
...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...
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The Methodist Magazine

Methodist Church - 1880 - 820 pages
...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...
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Reports of Cases at Law and in Equity Argued and Determined in ..., Volume 29

Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 738 pages
...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...
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Reports of Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme Court of ..., Volume 55

Alabama. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 738 pages
...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...
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Report of the Case of John W. Webster: ... Indicted for the Murder of George ...

John White Webster, George Bemis - Evidence, Circumstantial - 1850 - 670 pages
...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...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 157

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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1909 - 796 pages
...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...
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Michigan Reports: Cases Decided in the Supreme Court of Michigan, Volume 203

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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1919 - 808 pages
...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...
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A Treatise on the Law of Evidence, Volume 3

Simon Greenleaf - Evidence (Law) - 1853 - 636 pages
...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...
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Massachusetts Reports: Cases Argued and Determined in the Supreme ..., Volume 59

Massachusetts. Supreme Judicial Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1853 - 702 pages
...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...
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Reports of Cases in Law and Equity, Argued and Determined in the ..., Volume 31

Georgia. Supreme Court - Equity - 1861 - 822 pages
...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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