| Law reports, digests, etc - 1914 - 1406 pages
...the qualifying clause or its equivalent were incorporated therein. In view, however, that the jury are the sole Judges of the weight to be given to the evidence and of the credibility of the witnesses, such instructions, as we have already said, are not of great Importance and should... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1920 - 1148 pages
...the character sought to be established, as well as upon the character of the evidence offered, au.-l you are the sole judges of the weight to be given to the evidence. (I charge you that evidence of good character and good reputation is sufficient to raise a reasonable... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1888 - 1022 pages
...wholly within the province of the latter. In deducing the ultimate fact of guilt or innocence, they are the sole judges of the weight to be given to the probative fact of possession of property recently stolen, and of all the circumstances surrounding... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1885 - 1070 pages
...the proposition imply that the question before the jury was one of "doubt; and in such cases the jury are the sole judges of the weight to be given to the evidence. The court has no right to speculate upon its probable effect in a doubtful case. Thus we see that the... | |
| Law reports, digests, etc - 1902 - 1302 pages
...verdict for the defendant. "(9) The jury are exclusive judges of the credibility of the witnesses and of the weight to be given to the evidence, and of the facts proven, and they will decide all issues submitted to them according to the preponderance of the... | |
| Frank Sumner Rice - Criminal procedure - 1894 - 1062 pages
...wholly within the province of the latter. In adducing the ultimate fact of guilt or innocence, they are the sole judges of the weight to be given to the probative fact of possession of property recently stolen, and of all the circumstances surrounding... | |
| William John Tossell - Law reports, digests, etc - 1922 - 744 pages
...should have obtained from this fact, it claims was destroyed by the following part of the charge : "You are the sole judges of the weight to be given...witnesses called on either side. The question remains for yon to determine without regard to the number of witnesses, where the real truth lies. As you shall... | |
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