Probable cause," which will justify a criminal accusation, is defined to be "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... Southern Reporter - Page 3921910Full view - About this book
| Pennsylvania - 1834 - 438 pages
...probable cause, to mean, " a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by facts sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in 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 - Law reports, digests, etc - 1843 - 870 pages
...Probable cause is a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by dicamstances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious man in 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... | |
| David Paul Brown - Lawyers - 1856 - 604 pages
...the judge, " is 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 offence with which he stands charged." His courage was equal to his justice. Unlike those judges who... | |
| Rollin Carlos Hurd - Extradition - 1858 - 714 pages
...defined to be, "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 offence with which he is charged." Muns v. Dupont, 3 Wash. C. C., 31. This must be made out by proof... | |
| Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1866 - 670 pages
...ground of suspicion supported by circumstances, sufficiently strong in themselves, Opinion of the Court to warrant a cautious man in the belief that the person accused is guilty of the offense charged. Rickey v. McBean, 17 1ll. 65 ; Jacks v. Stimpson, 13 id. 7Q1 ; Hurd v. Shaw, 20 id. 356. If probable... | |
| Hiram Denio - Law reports, digests, etc - 1863 - 692 pages
...been! defined, a reasonable ground of suspicion, supported by circum- j stances sufficiently strong in themselves to warrant a cautious , man in the belief, that the person accused is guilty of the offence \ with which he is charged. (Munns v. Nemours, 3 Wash. CC 37.) However innocent the plaintiff... | |
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