 The respondent insisted upon the trial that at the time of the shooting he honestly believed that his -life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm, and that the shooting was necessary in order to save himself from such threatened...  Documents Accompanying the Journal of the House - Page 13by Michigan. Legislature - 1893Full view - About this book
 | Arkansas. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1876 - 738 pages
...before the killing were of such a character as to warrant the defendant in coming to the conclusion that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm at the hands of the deceased, and that such danger was imminent, the defendant had a right to act on... | |
 | 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 - 1893 - 800 pages
...sides. With this, however, we have nothing to do, and will therefore refrain from commenting npon it. The respondent insisted upon the trial that at the..."This man had a right to defend his home, including the curtilage, if he thought there was imminent danger of his being assaulted at the time, and the... | |
 | Illinois. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1908 - 708 pages
...man" at the time he shot Huston before he could avail himself of the right of self-defense, although he "honestly believed that his life was in danger or that he was in danger of suffering great bodily injury, and that, acting under such belief, he slew the deceased, Bradford Huston;"... | |
 | Oregon. Supreme Court, William Wallace Thayer, Joseph Gardner Wilson, Thomas Benton Odeneal, Julius Augustus Stratton, William Henry Holmes, Reuben S. Strahan, George Henry Burnett, Robert Graves Morrow, James W. Crawford, Frank A. Turner, Bellinger, Charles Byron - Law reports, digests, etc - 1862 - 466 pages
...believed. from the evidence in the case, that there was reasonable ground for Goodall to believe his life in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm from the deceased, and that such danger was imminent, and he did so believe, and acting on such belief... | |
 | Law - 1870 - 546 pages
...that the circumstances of the offense were such as to excite the reasonable fears of the defendant on of the authorities, that the action could not bo main serious bodily injury, and thus justify his act. Ib. 3. Idem. — In a case of homicide where it is... | |
 | L. B. Horrigan, Seymour Dwight Thompson - Self-defense (Law) - 1874 - 1132 pages
...and thereby increasing the probabilities that he committed the offence. able fears of the defendant that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of serious bodily injury, and thus justify his act. [Ace. Sloan's case, ante, p 516, and citations ; Keener's... | |
 | Law reports, digests, etc - 1897 - 642 pages
...picked up a knife and struck the deceased, and that in striking with the knife he had reason to believe that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of great bodily harm, then such striking would be justified and the verdict of the jury should be not guilty. — Answer.... | |
 | Ira M. Moore - Criminal law - 1876 - 920 pages
...the deceased, which caused his death, and that he inflicted said wounds in self-defense, believing that his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of receiving gre*t bodily harm from the deceased, and that such danger was so urgent and pressing, that... | |
 | Nevada. Supreme Court - Law reports, digests, etc - 1878 - 524 pages
...own, under oath, in the presence of the jury, that at the time of the fatal shot he really believed his life was in danger, or that he was in danger of receiving great bodily injury. It was a fact proper to be considered and weighed by the jury, as to... | |
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